About this place
The Altes AKH was the city's primary hospital and the intense, grueling training ground for young Sigmund Freud. He worked here in various departments for three years, including the psychiatric clinic under the famous brain anatomist Theodor Meynert. It was in these dark laboratories that Freud conducted early neurological research and, most famously, experimented extensively with cocaine. He initially believed the drug was a harmless miracle cure for depression and fatigue, a disastrous mistake that would haunt his early reputation.
Key facts
- 1784 year — Emperor Joseph II founded this massive General Hospital
- 1884 year — Freud published his highly controversial paper 'Über Coca'
- 3 years — Freud spent working as a resident in these hospital wards
📍 Seligmann-Tor, 1090, Wien