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Schiffer presents clinical material from the treatment of a woman who developed various hysterical symptoms while in analysis. He elaborates on these phenomena as a form of nonverbal communication which aids in the understanding of the patient's body symbolization.
In the case described, the author found a consistent relationship between dream material which foreshadowed conversion symptoms and conversion symptoms which forecast predictable verbal content. The discussion section deals with many aspects of conversion phenomena, relating this case to a number of other contributions.