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November 1, 1930 (at The Hague). This meeting was chiefly devoted to the business of the Society. It began with the announcement of the retirement of Professor Dr. G. Jelgersma from his professorship of psychiatry at Leyden, on account of his reaching the age for superannuation, and of the nomination as his successor of Professor Dr. E. A. D. E. Carp, a scientist who stands outside the psycho-analytical movement.
Later, there was a lively discussion on Dr. A. J. Westerman Holstijn's. paper of June 14, 1930: 'Notes on the Ego-ideal'.
December 20, 1930 (at Leyden).
1Dr. M. Katan: 'The psycho-analysis of dementia paralytica'. In consequence of the destruction of nerve-tissue and the fight against the invasion of the lactic virus in progressive paralysis, deficiency of psychic energy ensues. Enforced retrogression of the ego to a stage before the passing of the Oedipus complex. Many examples of male patients cited.
2Dr. H. C. Jelgersma: 'The psycho-analysis of dementia senilis'. Resemblance between delirium following operations, the delirium of the dying and the thought-content of senile dements. Autistic thinking predominant, accompanied by confusion, withdrawal from disagreeable reality and little imaginative activity. Repression of negatively toned facts (living in an institution, mental and physical feebleness, etc.), together with reproduction of sad thoughts, as an expression of the repetition-compulsion. Conjectured diminution in the force of the libidinal instincts (life-instincts) in senile dementia: evidence of such diminution in old age, which explains the fact of easier dying at an advanced age. Disappearance of delusional ideas of schizophrenics, for this reason, when senile dementia sets in. In the occupational delirium (occurring only at the beginning and the culminating point of the illness) over-compensation occurs for the loss of libido.