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A Cigar is not always “just a Cigar”
Legend has it that Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) asked whether there was some deeper significance to the cigar he always carried, said, “sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.” Whether this story is true or not, Freud was an incessant cigar smoker who claimed that smoking helped him work harder and maintain self control. Once when his seventeen year old nephew Harry refused a cigarette, Freud told him, “My boy, smoking is one of the greatest and cheapest enjoyments in life, and if you decide in advance not to smoke, I can only feel sorry for you.”
In fact, however, Freud knew there were deeper reasons fo r his inability to give up his habit, even when it became a matter of life and death. In an 1897 letter to a colleague Wilhelm Fliess, Freud s aid that all addictions including smoking a re substitutes for the “single great habit, the’primal addiction- masturbation”. The founder of psychoanalysis saw the problem but could not treat it: he was unable to quit smoking, even in 1925 when a cancerous growth was found on his jaw and palate. In 1930, after years of operations, oral prostheses and declining health, F reud finally gave up smoking, saying, “I am better than before, but not happier.” it was too late. On September 23, 1939, the cancer caused by F reud’s cigars finally killed him.
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Contributor's Note
This intel reflects only one of my activities. I also write about and/or have websites on Vespa Scooters, Lambretta Scooters, Hardy Banana plants, Medical memorabilia, reborn baby dolls and much more. Hope you enjoyed the read, Philip Davey
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