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23.3.23
Vienna IX, Berggasse 19
Dearest Lou
Our post is indulging in a mild strike, so it is pleasant to be able to make use of a courier. It is one of the special advantages of analysis that it scarcely admits of calling in a second opinion. The temporary guest sees nothing which his host does not show him, and generally speaking can form no judgment comparable to what the latter has been able to put together on the basis of countless imponderabilia. And so I do not trust myself to be able to tell you anything useful about the case you described. Two comments only, each more banal than the other:
First, such a residual symptom is often left over, if it is organically justified, i.e., if it represents the grain of sand round which the layers of mother of pearl have been deposited. Such a residual symptom, also consisting of abdominal sensations, called forth, e.g., my first dream,152 that of Irma's Injection, and not long afterwards Irma had to undergo an operation for gall-stones. It is true that what you describe in your letter does not make this solution very probable.
Another possibility is more likely, namely, that this residual