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158A
Berlin
23 May 1913
Dear Professor,
Of all that is going on in Zurich I only receive murky tidings here, but then I can more or less imagine it. I do not know whether, as you indicate, the break is unavoidable. As far as it lies in my power, Berlin shall offer compensations. Naturally no further developments have taken place concerning my Habilitation, except that I am working on my thesis. I have to collect the material gradually, hope to finish the whole thing in the summer and to submit the paper in the autumn. All the rest lies then in the lap of the Faculty gods. I am as sceptical about this as before. If I fail, something else will have to be attempted. I will not be on my own any more in the winter. First of all Stockmayer is settling here, with whom, I believe, something could get going. Up to now we have always been short of young blood. I do have various ideas of what can be done. If the Habilitation succeeds, the place will be livened up.
I am delighted to be getting the proofs of the totem work. I have a number of very interesting observations for the Congress lecture, which, however, I can only present if I have read your work beforehand.
Breslau was bad. According to Eitingon, who was there, Bleuler behaved most unpleasantly. E.[itingon] will surely tell you about this personally. Only Stegmann was present from our side. It seems he behaved very correctly and nicely. Hoche did get the laugh on his side; however, I have talked to several people who, though not supporters of Ψα, felt greatly repelled. It is a good thing that after the neurologists (in 1910)1 the psychiatrists have now also given vent to their wrath. Things will be getting all the better for our cause after this. I often have occasion to notice with amazement how much interest in Ψα has grown in Germany. One thing is certain: no topic in the realm of medicine and psychology is at present so widely discussed in professional circles as Ψα, and no doctor's name is mentioned as often as yours—a