This Day in History — Psychology
April 25, 1886 — Freud Opens First Neurology Practice
On April 25, 1886, Sigmund Freud opened his first neurology practice in Vienna, beginning a journey that transformed the understanding of the human mind. Confronting unexplained mental conditions, he developed groundbreaking ideas about the unconscious, laying the foundation for psychoanalysis and reshaping psychology, medicine, and modern thought for generations to come.