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22 January 1911, Vienna, IX. Berggasse 19
Dear friend,
I didn't want to resume our correspondence after the refreshing hours in Munich until I could report that my son was beyond danger of complications and that his temperature was normal, as is now the case. He broke his leg on a skiing trip. He lay motionless in the snow for five hours before help came, and some of his appendages would certainly have frozen if a friend had not1 watched over him. This happened at an altitude of some 7800 feet and it was another two and a half days before he could be brought down to a hospital. Well, I suppose such accidents are determined by the same causes as those of nonΨAnalysts' sons.
Dr. Bjerre2 of Stockholm called the same day. He is rather dry and laconic, but I could soon see that he is a thorough and serious thinker. I advised him to join the Berlin group.3 He had already delivered a lecture in Helsingförs4 and was planning one in Stockholm immediately after his return.5 In H. the audience was interested chiefly in