Sigmund Freud did Cocaine

This surprised me to learn during our visit to the Freud Museum. In fact, he prescribed it to his friends as a way to combat an opium addiction.

Living in Vienna, surrounded by psychology majors, a trip to 19 Berggasse was essential. Although Doktor Freud lived in many locations around the city, this is the place he practiced and lived just before fleeing to London at the beginning of the Second World War.

We listened to an audio guide filled with his only radio interview, a debate about psycho therapy, and clips of his favorite female singer Yvette Gilbert.  The rooms were mostly empty though... just a few knick knacks and photo reproductions. Unfortunately even the infamous couch in the Behandlungszimmer was shipped to London.. and is still there. This is what the room used to look like:

Can you imagine lying there and spilling your soul?