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Freud, Sigm. Some Psychological Consequences of the Anatomical Distinction Between the Sexes (133-142).
Lampl, Hans. Case of Borrowed Sense of Guilt (143-158).
Reich, Wilhelm. An Hysterical Psychosis in Statu Nascendi (159-173).
Jones, E., Sachs, H., Et Al. Discussion on Lay Analysis (174-283).
Psychological Consequences of Anatomical Distinction Between the Sexes. (See Psychoanal. Rev., 13, 213, 1926.)
Borrowed Sense of Guilt.—Lampl here contributes a case report of an artist of forty-two who was having an affair with a pupil who was developing anxiety. The teacher it seemed was sicker than the pupil and came for treatment. It had been his idea to be treated by his mistress. Only a bare outline can be given here as the case history must be read in detail to get its full value. He was the oldest son of an illustrious painter, his brother eighteen months, and a sister six years younger. He studied in his father's school. He married at twenty-three, his wife dying in childbirth leaving a girl. At twenty-seven he remarried. He was intensely erotic and even before his first marriage began innumerable sexual contacts. He did little work, slept much in the day time and fornicated much at night. He constantly complained of his lack of fortune. His second wife was a spendthrift, so was he, and thus they had difficult times. Inwardly and outwardly he was a failure. His compensation apparently came from his affairs which were flagrantly open. Only when a soldier did he feel he had accomplished anything. He was a good soldier. After the war he pursued misfortune as before. His father and mother dying, he improved somewhat but was always taking “training cures.” Getting up early, forced economies, security devices, etc., all fell by the wayside. His suffering passive attitude was manifest. All ambitious efforts soon petered out. In the analysis a strong castration anxiety became prominent. All of his component instincts were utilized to allay it, hence his character traits as succes