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February 25, 1980. LOSS, SEPARATION, AND PSYCHOSOMATIC ILLNESS: REFLECTIONS ON THE PROBLEM OF PSYCHOANALYTIC TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH PHYSICAL ILLNESS. (Melitta Sperling Memorial Lecture.) Cecil Mushatt, M.D.
Dr. Mushatt paid tribute to Melitta Sperling by discussing his observations derived from the psychoanalytic treatment of patients with psychosomatic illness. He noted his agreement with Dr. Sperling's views on the symbolic representations of physical symptoms and on the pregenital origin of some conversion symptoms. He