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298A
Allenstein, Kreuzstrasse 2
18 August 1916
Dear Professor,
It is difficult to make plans this year! I must first of all wait and see whether I am sent to the Congress. The decision on that is not made here, but in Berlin; I shall therefore know about it in some weeks at the earliest. There is also another difficulty: my hospital ward, the only one for psychiatry and neuroses in the district of the Corps, has had to be extended. I have now had for a week my own hospital, of which I am medical director, with 75 beds. I am to have a second doctor, because I cannot deal with all the work. Probably my Berlin colleague Liebermann, whom you know by name, will shortly come here to take up the post. Only when is still doubtful. The later he arrives here, the later he can stand in for me, so I do not even know when I shall be able to go on leave. Perhaps you will have gone off to Gastein long before my arrival in Munich. I can see only two possibilities: either I get permission to cross the border and can then visit you—no matter where—or you would have to come to Munich for the Congress, which you would be allowed to do as much as any other doctor. I will do my best to be able to tell you something more definite soon.
We were very glad to hear that you could see your two lieutenants in good shape at home: our best wishes continue to go with them! The days of being together were surely the best of the journey. I am delighted for you and for all of us that you even find time to write down the rest of the Lectures.
Here we go on with our semi-rural existence, content that we can be together. I have far too much to do, but am standing up to the work of an entire post, and have the great advantage of completely independent activity and a position of authority.
I have started to read Putnam's article, and I like the beginning very much. I always get the American journal as a review copy for our Jahrbuch, but the latter is dormant. Exactly two years have passed since it had appeared o