René Félix Allendy (; 19 February 1889 – 12 July 1942) was a French
psychoanalyst
PsychoanalysisFrom Greek language, Greek: + . is a set of Theory, theories and Therapy, therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a bo ...
and
homeopath.
Life
He contracted pneumonia at three years and was a sickly child, afflicted with diphtheria and other serious ailments. After successfully completing secondary school, he studied Russian and Swedish and obtained a medical degree from the
School of Medicine
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, or part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, MB ...
in Paris in 1912. A few days later, he married
Yvonne Nel-Dumouchel, who was his companion and assistant until her death in 1935. Allendy after the death of Yvonne married her sister Colette.
In 1914 he was mobilized for World War I, but was diagnosed with tuberculosis and returned to civilian life. He practiced medicine in the hospitals of and
Saint-Jacques. At the latter he trialed a homeopath therapy prevention of tuberculosis between 1932 and 1939.
In 1922 he founded with his wife Yvonne at the Sorbonne the
, dedicated to the promotion of humanistic and scientific novelties. It attracted a range of prominent artists to give talks.
In 1924 he underwent analysis with
René Laforgue
René Laforgue (5 November 18946 March 1962) was a French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
Biography
Laforgue was born in Thann (then part of the German Empire) and died in Paris. He studied medicine in Berlin, and in 1919 wrote a thesis on "The ...
and was trained to practice as a psychoanalyst. In 1926, Princess
Marie Bonaparte, a protogée of Freud, was a founding member of the
Psychoanalytic Society of Paris
PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: + . is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a body of knowledge. In what might be ...
, of which he was secretary between 1928 and 1931.
Anaïs Nin
Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell (February 11, 1903 – January 14, 1977; , ) was a French-born American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica. Born to Cuban parents in France, Nin was the d ...
was a patient and later a lover of Dr. Allendy in 1932 . The story of the relationship between Allendy and Nin is described in detail in the diaries of Anaïs Nin, specifically in the volume entitled:
Henry and June. Dr. Allendy also analyzed
Antonin Artaud
Antoine Marie Joseph Paul Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (; 4 September 1896 – 4 March 1948), was a French writer, poet, dramatist, visual artist, essayist, actor and theatre director. He is widely recognized as a major figure of the E ...
.
Works
*L'alchimie et la médecine : étude sur les théories hermétiques dans l'histoire de la médecine (1912)
*La psychanalyse et les névroses (1924), with René Laforgue
*Les rêves et leur interprétation psychanalytique (1926)
*Le problème de la Destinée (1927)
*Orientations des idées médicales (1928)
*La justice intérieure (1931)
*La psychanalyse : doctrines et applications (1931)
*Capitalisme et sexualité (1932), with Yvonne Allendy
*Essai sur la guérison (1934)
*Paracelse, le médecin maudit (1937)
*Rêves expliqués (1938)
*Aristote ou le complexe de trahison (1942)
*Journal d'un médecin malade (1944)
*Les constitutions psychiques (2002), Éditions L'Harmattan,
References
1889 births
1942 deaths
French homeopaths
French psychoanalysts
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