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Dr. Ferenczi Sándor1
Budapest, December 21, 1920
Dear Professor,
This magnificent letter paper is naturally a remnant of the luxurious prewar times. I found two full boxes of it in an old desk, where it was left lying as a disdained gift; today they are again being honored.
I want to relate to you the further course of my indisposition.—After long hesitation I decided to look up, in addition to Lajos Lévy, another colleague, who is equally reliable but not prejudiced by amicable relations, and who would certainly, and did, tell me the truth. His—in regard to the heart, which was most suspect, very reassuring—information laid the main basis on the hypochondriacal part of the condition; there followed momentary psychic relief, which then also had a favorable secondary influence on the real condition of heart weakness. The neurotic part of the malady can be traced back to intestinal disturbances, which should, for their part, be interpreted as autoerotic compensation for the not completely satisfied libido. I have seen a whole series of similar cases originate (under the same conditions).