You do not currently have permission to view the full text for this document. Please sign in to an account with an active subscription or contact support.
British Psycho-Analytical Society
22 January 1922
London
Dear Professor,
I thought it might interest you if I told you a few words about your new patient Mrs. Riviere, who is going to Vienna next week, as she plays a considerable part in the society here. It is a case of typical hysteria, almost the only symptoms being sexual anaesthesia and unorganized Angst, with a few inhibitions of a general nature. Most of her neurosis goes into marked character reactions, which is one reason why I was not able to cure her. I am specially interested in the case, for as it is the worst failure I have ever had I have naturally learnt very much from her analysis. She came to me in 1916 and was with me till last June, with about a year's interruptions from tuberculosis and other causes. Seeing that she was unusually intelligent I hoped to win her for the cause, a mistake I shall never repeat. I