November 11, 1921

Dear Friends:

All three letters have arrived, though very slowly (7-9 days). Speaking for myself 
I think that the personal connections among us all are so strong that other than strict-
ly psa news would be welcome at times, especially personal news and something about 
the effects of outer circumstances, financial, etc.

Stoddart read an interesting paper of the production of chronic splanchnoptosis by 
chronic fear, which releases quantities of adrenalin into the circulation (Cannon); 
this causes spasm of the sphincters, e.g. pylorus and other intestinal ones, with 
stasis of peristalsis, resulting in chronic dilatation of the organs with sagging 
downwards, to which nephroptosis is also secondary.

Dr Mourgue3 of Paris, editor of L’Encephale, finds the hostility against Psa so 
great that he was written to ask my opinion of his chances in French Canada. He seems 
to be a serious adherent. I have advised him against emigrating to Canada.

I enclose a cutting on Mrs McCormick’s activity in Chicago. Last week I inter-
viewed Dr Brown, the chief of the Newcastle group, and as it turns out the only serious 
member. The group is not in Newcastle but in a war hospital 15 miles away which will 
soon be disbanded. Brown himself is a valuable person who is going to join us in London. 
He will be analysed either here or in Berlin.

Berlin. The Lungwitz case seems to be an exact parallel, in nature, defence and also 
in outcome, to the author of the Autobiography of a Child which I reported from London 
last summer. I think we can afford to dissociate ourselves strongly from such misuse 
of Psa.

The Swiss money business may not be so bad as it seems. We agreed last year 
that external members of the Swiss Society were to pay in Marks if they lived in a 
country with depreciated currency. I have forgotten who they were (was not one in 
Riga?), and that point should of course be settled by Abraham as Treasurer of the 
Central countries. The incident reminds us that one of the points for the Business 
Meeting of the Congress will be the revision of the subscription-rate.

Budapest. The translator of your second book is not Dr Cole, but Dr Jane Suttie, 
9 Park Quadrant, Glasgow W. She is progressing excellently with them, but heaven 
knows when I shall be able to revise the translations. Perhaps Rickman would be in-
clined to. I will suggest it to him after Christmas, when he will be less occupied.

Vienna. Will you be kind enough to give me your opinion about translating Sadger’s 
book into English; perhaps you can ask him to send me a copy for the J.

I shall be glad to get the separate letter promised, on the matter of the 
Jelliffe rights. My fear is that Brill sold them to him.

With kindest regards to all from

Ernest Jones.