13 March 1914  69 Portland Court  London W

Dear Professor Freud,

I am in the unusual position of having two of your letters to answer, and have much to talk about, so please prepare for a long epistle.  The reason is that things have been thrown out of gear by my being ill.  I have had a severe cellulitis starting at the back of the neck, and involving all the glands on both sides, deep and superficial, from the skull to the scapulae and to below the clavicles.  I saw my patients except on one day, but have not been able to do anything else owing to the pain, etc..  It is now very much better and I shall soon be all right again.

I was on this account prevented from attending McDougall's paper on the sexual instinct, at the Royal Society of Medicine,«FN1.××William McDougall, "The Definition of the Sexual Instinct," Section of Psychiatry, 10 March 1914, «MDUL»Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine«MDNM», 7‑3(1913‑14):65‑78.

» but I dictated from bed a long contribution, which Hart read at the meeting.«FN1.××For Jones's contribution, read by Bernard Hart, see «MDUL»Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine«MDNM», Section of Psychiatry, 7‑3(1913‑14):83‑86.

»  It was very crowded.  In the discussion two psychologists spoke about instinct in general, and the four other speakers were psycho‑analysts, so we had the best of the meeting.  No opposition.  I had beforehand organised our debate by dividing up the subject and delegating to each of our men what he could best deal with, so as to cover all the ground and make the maximum impression.«FN1.××For comments by William Brown, M. D. Eder, David Forsyth, Charles Mercier, see «MDUL»Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine«MDNM», Section of Psychiatry, 7‑3(1913‑14):78‑83; for McDougall's response, see pp. 86‑88.

»  This will do much to counteract the «MDUL»British Medical Journal«MDNM» onslaught, and we shall soon have other opportunities also.  The Mercier attack had not dispirited any of us, and there need be no fear, while a Welshman and a Jew are president and secretary of the society,«FN1.××Sir George H. Savage was the President of the Section of Psychiatry; Honorary Secretaries were R. H. Cole and Bernard Hart.

» that such attacks may provoke what we have learned from Zurich to call an "Aryan reaction"; my ancestors were in Europe before the Aryans, which may be a contributory reason for my disbelief in the omniscient pride that "Aryans" vaunt.

Our society met last night, and Mrs. Eder read us a translation of your paper on the Dynamik der Übertragung«MDUL»«MDNM».«FN1.××Freud (1912b).

»  It was discussed with intelligence and keenness, showing that the men are learning fast; we are all good friends (except Miss Long) and the meetings are greatly enjoyed.  There are now between thirty and forty patients being treated by |×/ in London at present.

Abraham's circular arrived this morning, and I have sent him a letter that no doubt will soon reach you.  I expect you have by now Jelgersma's letter back again.  It was most gratifying to us.  I met him in Amsterdam a few years ago, and considered him an honest man.

I have completely re‑written my Madonna essay for the «MDUL»Jahrbuch«MDNM»,«FN1.××Jones (1914a).

» adding both some valuable material and what I think is an important deepening of the theory (relation of flatus to castration); the last part of it was sent to Sachs a fortnight ago.  Towards the end an amusing episode occurred.  The crocodile part all depended on the fact that these animals, like frogs, have no external genitals.«FN1.××See Jones (1951, pp. 346‑350).»  On reading Wallis Budge's book on Osiris,«FN1.×× E. A. Wallis Budge, «MDUL»Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection«MDNM» (London: P. L. Warner, 1911).

» which by the way is very good, I was horrified to read that the Egyptian performed certain rites with the «MDUL»penis«MDNM» of the crocodile.  I telephoned in a panic to various professors of zoology, none of whom could tell me what I wanted, and the next day went to the Zoological Gardens to investigate the point.  None of the keepers knew, so the only thing to do was to turn over an undoubted male crocodile on to his back by means of poles, etc.  This proved to be an appalingly difficult task, and created an exciting scene.  I found, also later from text‑books, that the animal's penis is «MDUL»entirely«MDNM» concealed within the cloaca, so that the «MDBO»|×/«MDNM» assumption that it must be invisible from outside proved correct.  What a dull life an ordinary doctor leads in comparison with that of a psycho‑analyst!

I enclose an interesting document illustrating the nature of American female psychologists.

Flournoy is giving a course on |×/ at Geneva, in the Faculty of Sciences; I have asked Claparède to give us an abstract of them for the «MDUL»Zeitschrift«MDNM», but do not know if he will.«FN1.××Not reported in the «MDUL»Zeitschrtift«MDNM».

»

Loe's attitude, in her famous letter, was better than it has ever been before (towards |×/).  She now admits that the conclusions of |×/ are all correct, though they do not help; "it is a science, not a treatment".  Has the urological examination taken place yet?  Of course I am eager to hear the results.  My great fear is that she will reserve to herself the use of morphia, and then exploit this at any future date that a difficulty arises in life.  In her letter she says that your youngest daughter has had fever; I hope that this is long a matter of the past.

I have received a great deal of «MDUL»Zeitschrift«MDNM» material from Heller.  What nonsense Blüher talks;«FN1.××See Hans Blüher, «MDUL»Die drei Grundformen der sexuellen Inversion (Homosexualität)«MDNM» (Leipzig: Max Spohr, 1913); and "Zur Theorie der Inversion," «MDUL»Zeitschrift«MDNM», 2(1914):223‑243.

» he is only defending his own homosexuality.  I see Ferenczi has been in an active mood of late.

Now I come to your letters, answering your points in their order.  The Wells passage I will write up for the Varia.«FN1.××Jones's write‑up on Wells did not appear in the «MDUL»Zeitschrift«MDNM».

»  You are of course right about Stekel, but it is a good exercise in self‑control; this month he has the effrontery to write a paragraph complaining about the distortion of one word by some critic of himself!«FN1.××i.e. Jones, see previous letter.

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I am eagerly looking forward to your «MDUL»Jahrbuch«MDNM» paper,«FN1.××Freud (1914d).

» and suppose the proofs will come in the next couple of weeks.  Could not the «MDUL»Jahrbuch«MDNM», for political reasons, be hurried up and published early in May?  How is the Narcissmus article getting on?«FN1.××Freud (1914c).

»  Could you tell me what special problems you are dealing with in it?

My impatience with Putnam was of course only momentary, for I recognise how much there is to admire and to love in him.  But his inability to draw the last consequences from his knowledge, e.g. about Jung, is sometimes trying.

The question of my responsibility for the added passages in my Jung‑criticism has been taken out of our hands by fate.  After you wrote insisting that I should revise it myself, Rank wrote saying the reverse.  Then Heller again reversed this by sending me the proof.  I corrected this (there were some mistakes in the translation, but I agree with all the added part) on the same day, but now Rank writes it was too late, as they couldn't wait to get the «MDUL»Zeitschrift«MDNM» out.«FN1.××Jones (1914c).

»  Quite amusing!

If the Verschreiben you quoted was from me, it was not quite unconscious.  I have usually addressed Loe with her old title, by which she is probably still called in her environment (Pension), but I suppose I should now cease doing so.

This evening I see a very adverse criticism of my book in the «MDUL»British Medical Journal«MDNM», poking fun at it in the most ignorant way.  I know the reviewer from of old, a stupid fellow.«FN1.××[Anonymous review of Jones, «MDUL»Papers«MDNM», 1st ed. 1913], «MDUL»British Medical Journal«MDNM», 1(1914):597‑599.

»

Burrow and Hamill write to me that they cannot leave America just now, for domestic reasons.  By the way, I have been meaning to ask you how Frau Hoesch‑Ernst is getting on.  Is she still in the treatment?  She cannot be an easy case.

I close at last, hoping to hear from you soon  and with kindest regards  yours always  Jones.