30th July 1926.

Dear Friends,

The Reik affair has evoked universal sympathy here. I suppose the case  
will not be finished before the vacation, but if so we should be very glad of a word  
of news about it as we have no other source of information.  

Yesterday Rickman obtained his Doctorate at the University of Cam-  
bridge. Very few of our medical members have a Doctorate degree. Our chief reason for con-  
gratulation, however, is that the thesis was a definitely psycho-analytic one, a  
psycho-analytic explanation of prolapsus uteri with a full case report of an analysis  
and a general review of the medical litera-  
ture.  

The opposition keeps breaking on us in successive waves. McDougall’s last  
book on “Abnormal Psychology” is very heated and led to excited headlines in the daily  
press. They made use of the same opportunity for a violent diatribe by a psychiatrist.  
Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones, against the “immorality of psycho-analysis”, which appeared  
in the Contemporary Review. The British Medical Association, at its meeting this  
month, appointed a Committee of investigation into psycho-analysis. Most disappointing 
of all is the fact that C. S. Myers, F.R.S., the leading psychologist in England and  
President of the last International Congress of Psychology, has turned against us and  
written an angry and unfair article in the “Lancet”. He has thus followed the path of  
his old personal friends, Rivers and McDougall: approach followed by violent re-  
pulsion. I suspect in his case a motive may have been personal jealousy. He is an  
active Jew and was concerned with sending congratulatory messages
 

from Jewish organisations on the 70th birthday as well as with the honour bestowed on  
Professor by the British Psychological Society. I have had an expostulatory private 
correspondence with him without it leading to much effect, and have also written a  
letter which the Lancet will probably refuse to publish.  

The Clinic is progressing though it cannot start full work until after the  
holidays. The definite date for this has been fixed for Tuesday, September 28th.  
The double number which the Journal is preparing in honour of Professor’s 70th birthday  
has naturally taken much time on account of the difficulty in getting the translation  
work adequately done and revised. It should appear, however, in the course of the next  
month.  

Berlin. Thank you for your letter, l. Max. As I have not Hanns’ address perhaps  
you will send this copy on to him.  

Budapest We send you our best wishes, l. Sándor, for your American trip and  
shall hope to see you in England, as you promise, on your way back. You will, of course,  
let us know your address there as soon as you arrive. I have not heard yet whether you  
intend returning to Budapest or to Vienna after America; if you have decided perhaps you  
would send me a line.  

I leave London on August 8th and my address will be from then until August 21st,  
“Ty Gwyn”, Llanmadoc, Gower, South Wales. My wife and I go straight from there to Hol-  
land, where we hope to visit our Dutch colleagues, and shall spend two or three weeks  
there. After the Congress at Groningen I return straight to work on September 13th,  
while my wife will go on to Berlin for a week to visit Frau Dr. Abraham.  

With good wishes to all for a pleasant and successful holiday,  
Yours,  
Ernest Jones.