Letter from Karl Abraham to Sigmund Freud, October 19, 1925

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Berlin-Grünewald
19 October 1925

Dear Professor,

Your letter has just arrived. You probably already know from the circular letter1 that I am very much better. The process in the lung appears to be healing: I did not completely get over the infection when it occurred the first time in June. The very disagreeable addition of gallbladder colic has also disappeared and, according to the last examination, the liver enlargement seems to have gone down. I still need to be careful and shall probably resume work at the end of the month, provided no further trouble occurs.

I am so sorry to hear that you are continuously troubled by certain discomforts. As far as I know these are due to a disturbing amount of secretion, and I have been wondering whether a stay in a very dry climate might be beneficial. But I do not know whether you still need to be near your surgeon. You may be interested to hear that Fliess, who heard about your illness two years ago, has repeatedly asked after your health with the warmest interest. As far as I am concerned, I must repeat here once again that I owe him the utmost gratitude.

I gladly accept your hint about the one point in my manuscript on the Impostor. I have, after all, mentioned elsewhere the failure to form an ego-ideal and need only put it more precisely in the place you mention. As far as publication is concerned, Radó had already accepted the manuscript for No. 1 of the . I heard from Sachs that was short of material and said I agreed to having it published there if necessary. Then Storfer was here and complained to Radó that the next issue of could not be published because it could not be completed. So R. gave him the manuscript, and I think it is already being printed. If I take it back now, I shall cause an awkward situation, so I do not know what to do. Under these circumstances I would like to lay the decision into your hands. Perhaps Fräulein Anna would discuss the matter on the telephone with Storfer, and a