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January 21, 1928. Dr. med. Sarasin (Bâle): A psycho-analytical contribution to the study of Goethe's Mignon, Part I. Attendance: 18 members, 8 guests.
Business Meeting: The Council for 1928 was appointed as follows:
President: Dr. med. Ph. Sarasin, Bâle. Vice-President: Dr. med. H. Behn-Eschenburg, Zürich-Küsnacht. Treasurer: Dr. med. E. Blum, Berne. Secretary: H. Zulliger, Ittigen, Berne. Pfarrer Dr. O. Pfister, Zürich.
The Society having recognized the formation of the Swiss Medical Psycho-Analytical Union and having accepted the resignations of all those who were joining the new Union, the meeting proceeded to the items on the agenda: the report of the Treasurer and the drawing-up of a programme for future work.
February 4, 1928. Business Meeting (for members only). A Training Committee was appointed, consisting for the present of the members of the Council. The initial problems are being considered and laid before the Society.
General Meeting: Attendance: 13 members, 3 guests. Dr. med. Sarasin (Bâle): A psycho-analytical contribution to the study of Goethe's Mignon, Part II.
February 25, 1928. Zulliger (Berne): The psychology of an accident to a child. Attendance, 15 members, 3 guests.
A school-boy, one of whose fingers was crushed and torn off, afterwards showed signs of a neurotic reaction to the accident. The latter was brought about by unconscious feelings of guilt and was equivalent to a self-punishment. The question suggests itself whether accidents may not often be the outcome of a tendency to expiation and must not therefore be considered to indicate an already established or latent neurosis.
March 16, 1928.