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December 24, 1899
IX., Berggasse 19
Dear Wilhelm,
Yet another cordial Christmas greeting! So once again you have a headache, something you are no longer used to. I too am still plagued by my cold. Mathildchen has a temperature that, according to Oscar, is not connected with her furuncle, which has subsided; it is spoiling the joy of Christmas for her. I shall be glad to send a copy of the book to Carus Sterne1 and refer to his article in Prometheus, as you seem to advise.
In regard to the sexual theory, just be patient. It will assuredly come. Out of context it sounds so wild. I believe I have once again found something about anxiety. (There still are strange ebbs and flows; at times they carry me to the crest of certainty, and then everything flows away again and I am back on dry land. I do believe, however, that the sea is gaining.) Following your advice, I am letting it grow naturally.
Send me word about Paulinchen together with the announcement of the new arrival.
All the best for next week!
Your
Sigm.
Pen name for Ernst Ludwig Krause (1839-1903), author of Die Krone der Schöpfung: 14 Essays über die Stellung des Menschen in der Natur (Vienna and Teschen: Karl Prochaska, n.d.). He speaks of “unconscious memories.” See his Gesammelte kleinere Schriften, 2 vols. (Leipzig: Ernst Günther, 1885).