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British Medical Association (BMA) recognizes psychoanalysis as a 'serious branch of science'

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1 January 1929

After a long battle, led by Jones and Edward Glover, the British Medical Association (BMA) recognizes psychoanalysis as a 'serious branch of science'.

Photo: 1927 letter from BMA re: investigation into psychoanalysis. 

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