May 19, 1927. Prof. Kannabich: Ou narcissism. The speaker endeavoured to trace the beginnings of the idea of narcissism in pre-analytic studies of mythology and literature and in isolated observations by physicians and psychologists. In psycho-analysis the conception of narcissism has gone through a certain evolution which was described in detail. The paper was based on the works of Jones, on the recently published article by Havelock Ellis, entitled The Conception of Narcissism, and on the speaker's own observations of the early phases of schizophrenia.

May 26, 1927. Dr. Friedmann: Ambivalence in manic-depressive insanity. Starting from the theory of the fusion and defusion of both kinds of instinct, the speaker discussed the vicissitudes of ambivalence, not only in melancholia but also in mania, which does not represent a solution of the conflict of ambivalence. In his view one peculiarity of the state of mania is the discharge outwards of the aggressive impulses, which is