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The sixteenth International Psycho-Analytical Congress was held in Zurich, at the Congress House, from Monday, 15th to Thursday, August 19th, 1949. On the previous Sunday evening Congress members and guests were entertained by the Swiss Psycho-Analytical Society at a Reception held at the Congress House, Limmatquai. There Dr. Philipp Sarasin, Secretary of the Congress, welcomed the members and guests present and Dr. Pfister, Superintendent of the Zurich medical service, addressed the Congress and gave an interesting comment on the symbolic significance of some of Zurich's architecture.
Greeting telegrams were received from Professor August Aichhorn, Vienna, who, owing to illness, could not be present, from the Society for the Study of Psycho-Analysis in Prague, from Dr. J. H. Rees, President of the World Federation for Mental Health, and a greeting letter from the World Union of Medical Science (W.U.M.S.), Geneva.
On Wednesday, August 17, excursions were made to various beauty spots, as Lake Lucerne-Rigi, Rhinefalls Schaffhausen, Lake of Zurich, and a two days' excursion to Lucerne-Interlaken-Jungfrau was organized after the Congress.
Members of the Central Executive present were Dr. Ernest Jones, President, Mme. Marie Bonaparte, Vice-President, Miss Anna Freud, Hon. Secretary, Dr. Philipp Sarasin, Hon. Treasurer.
In all, 385 persons attended the Congress, of whom 134 were members, 48 associate members and 203 guests. The Proceedings were as follows:—
Monday, August 15, 9 a.m.
Opening Address by the President, Dr. Ernest Jones.
It has hitherto been our custom to hold our first Congress after a world war in Holland, but this time we decided to make an exception and to embrace the Swiss invitation to visit their country, partly on the ground that it had once again preserved its neutrality. I have on former occasions pointed out connections between the site of a Congress and the early history of psycho-analys