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April 27, 1926. Dr. L. Pierce Clark: A psycho-analytic study of the nature of the idiot.
In this paper a therapeutic procedure was described that consisted
mainly in a bestowal of libido, then influencing the subject to meet the problems of the environment more adequately. The theoretical part of the paper described idiocy as an ego-neurosis.
Dr. Hallock was reinstated to membership.
Drs. Eidson, Hensie and Lorand were elected to associate membership.
Resolutions on the death of Dr. Polon were read and adopted.
The Society officially endorsed the request for a charter for the proposed New York Psycho-Analytic Clinic.
May, 1926. Dr. J. B. Solley: A case of affect epilepsy.
Dr. Solley described the partial analysis of a case of seizures in a woman patient. The patient reported many traumatic experiences, the nature and quality of which made it suspicious that he was dealing with a pathological liar.
Dr. A. Stern: Clinical communication: A symptomatic act.