hysteric

THE treatment, in the early 1880s, of an Austrian hysteric called Anna O is generally regarded as the beginning of talking-it-through as a form of therapy.

在19世纪八十年代早期，对一个名为安娜·奥（Anna O）的澳大利亚癔病患者的治疗被认为是谈话治疗法（译者注：弗洛伊德称之为宣泄疗法）成为一种治疗手段的开端。

He tried hypnotism with his hysteric and neurotic patients, but gradually discarded the practice.

他试图用催眠疗法去治疗患有歇斯底里症和神经质的病人，但后来他却逐步地摒弃了这种疗法。