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DISCUSSION: Dr. Andrew Peto indicated his belief that the pregenital pregnancy fantasies, as presented by Dr. Rose, represent pathological manifestations of the most archaic defense measures through which the primitive body ego deals with its environment and the problem of establishing archaic ego and superego precursors. They are only secondarily affected by pregenital and phallic fantasies. Dr. Peto agreed with Dr. Rose that some of these fantasies are oral or anal phase derivatives and indicated this may apply to cases where oral and anal structures coincide with early phallic stirrings toward the end of the second year. The archaic nature of such incorporation and ejection fantasies is indicated by the fact that they completely disregard the natural openings of the human body. Such neglect of oral and anal organization in these cases seems to prove that the