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January 19, 1924. After a somewhat long business meeting the following short communications were made:
Dr. J. van Emden spoke of the case of a highly narcissistic man who, amongst other things, was always dissatisfied with the shape of his nose, and even had several operations upon it with a view to improving it. Analysis
showed that this dissatisfaction originated in a displacement from below upwards, i.e. he was really dissatisfied with his penis.
Dr. F. P. Muller observed, during the analysis of a female patient, that in connection with a dream the patient spontaneously realized the (infantile) significance of the excreta as a present. He then recounted a patient's spermatozoa-phantasy which was wholly analogous to an observation made previously by Dr. Muller.1 This phantasy also occurred in a case of epileptic delirium.
March 1, 1924. Dr. J. Knappert: (1) 'Enuresis nocturna'. The speaker showed from many cases which had come under his observation how this symptom may be due to both organic and psychic factors, but that the latter generally predominate. This is especially the case when enuresis recurs after the children have for some time acquired habits of cleanliness. In some cases he found it originated in jealous tendencies; thus some little girls only wetted their beds when they had to sleep alone, but never if they were allowed to sleep between their parents. (2) Psychological notes on the impulse to wander. The speaker said that this peculiarity occurs in neurotics, in normal persons and in psychotics. He had met with it both in highly intelligent and in uneducated people. He asked: How is it that one man can spend his whole life in one spot, whereas another can never settle? he found that the common characteristic of all these wanderers was that they were seeking for something and fleeing from something. This 'something' may be different in each ca