Clinic Reports

On this occasion the practice of publishing detailed statistical records has been discontinued. The details for any one year are of little scientific interest. Any member wishing further information should apply to the Secretary of the particular Institute concerned. One item of general interest may be recorded here. For some years the members of the Indian Institute have felt the urgent need for a Clinic, more particularly to support their training activities. At the end of the year it was finally resolved to organize one, and at present the draft rules of this projected Clinic are under consideration.

During the year, Dr. Hollós and Dr. Hermann retired from the active staff. Dr. Hollós was appointed an Honorary Physician. The case records are at the same level as the previous year. The number of consultations was 100. Cases under regular treatment number 52. There are 78 cases on the waiting list.

CHICAGO

Statistically regarded, the work of this Institute reached the same level as the previous years. A Five Years' Report has been published, including the clinical year 1937. During these five years, 745 persons came for consultation, and 226 were given psycho-analytic treatment. Completed cases numbered 86, and at the end of the period 69 were in active analysis. The clinical researches of this Institute are, as before, both extensively and intensively organized. A good deal of team-work is concentrated on such subjects as gastro-intestinal disturbances, respiratory dysfunction (e.g. bronchial asthma) and cardio-vascular abnormalities (particularly hypertension). It is also proposed to investigate the relation of psychological processes to endocrine functions. The theoretical approach to material gathered in course of research is described as vector analysis. The new child department inaugurated in October 1936 has so far confined its attention to children suffering from asthma. The most interesting feature of the therapeutic records is that