INTERNATIONAL PSYCHO‑ANALYTICAL ASSOCIATION

«FR»22 May 1937  London W1

«FL»Dear Professor,

«IP4,0»It was good to see your handwriting and even better to hear to‑day from Dr. Kris, who is spending the week‑end with us, that the last operation was not so bad as had been expected and that you are now in much better health.  I know what May in Grinzing is like and I am sure you must be enjoying the freedom and beauty.  Here, unfortunately, we have had a very cloudy May, but the flowers are always wonderful.

The Royal Medico‑Psychological Association is the official Group of Psychiatrists in Great Britain, chiefly of course Asylum doctors.  I have forgotten the exact name of the corresponding German Society, «MDUL»etwa Deutsche Psychiatrische Vereinigung«MDNM».«FN1.××Actually the «MDUL»Deutscher Verein für Psychiatrie«MDNM», founded in Frankfurt a. M., 1864; its official journal was the «MDUL»Allgemeine Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie und psychisch‑gerichtliche Medizin«MDNM».

»  The honour in question is a considerable one.  Actually, it must have been bestowed on you some time ago because I remember referring to it in my last Congress address.«FN1.××Jones mentioned this at the 14th Congress of the International Psychoanalytic Association, Marienbad, 2‑7 August 1936, Czechoslovakia, see «MDUL»Journal«MDNM», 18(1937):95; see also letter 646.

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The question of birthday wishes is a complicated one but you must know that in all circumstances the wishes are throughout positive.  Even with your restricted life we hope that you are able to extract some enjoyment from various aspects of it.

I hear you have a paper in the forthcoming «MDUL»Zeitschrift«MDNM», and shall look forward to receiving the Fahnen.«FN1.××Freud (1937c).

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With kindest regards,  Yours always affectionately  Ernest Jones