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Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 1946, Vol. XV, No. 3, p. 300.
A case of sterility with pathologic endocrinologic findings was treated analytically and culminated
in a successful prognancy. The patient's history revealed an enormous intensity of the pregenital anal and in particular oral fixations. Her early childhood experiences strongly resembled those found in anorexia nervosa, e.g. ambivalent sadism in the mother, early weaning, early arrival of another sibling, lack of food and emphasis by the family on food and money.