in a doctor because all doctors here automatically stuff you up with
M & B (Sulfa) or Penicillin whatever the trouble. And as for the Accu,
there is always the nasty thought: Is it effective enough in damp England
as opposed to dry Maine?
Just had a letter from a woman who has a son here. She is one of
Raknes's patients. Criticism in Aftenposten [the Oslo afternoon news
paper] was aimed at him and the Reich method. Dr. Raknes then came
out with a reply in which he defended Reich. He was booked to give
lectures to students but the authorities have cancelled his lectures. A bad
blow for he may be forbidden ever again to speak to students and he
may lose his licence. It looks as if he alone is to fight in Norway.
I have nothing much to say in this letter. I am dull and feel dull and
rather kidneyish. But Zoe is bright as hell and too clever for my taste.
P.S. Just got the appeal for money for the hospital in Orgonon. I wish I
could help, but while you think in thousands of dollars I have to struggle
to raise the 20 00$ that would pay up our adverse bank balance. My own
opinion is that you should have begun with a school for self-regno in
Orgonon instead of a doctors' therapy building. The design seems very
good.
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Forest Hills, New York
January 10 , 1950
My dear Neill:
I just had your letter of January 4th, after having received
word yesterday of your coming in August. I am looking. forward very
much to seeing you, Ena and the child.
I can imagine how very much exhausted you and Ena are. Therefore,
the rest at Orgonon will be all the more beneficial.
You are quite right in saying that we should put up a self-regulation
institution for infants instead of a hospital at Organon. This was my
plan all along, but a hospital for research in biopathies is needed too,
of course.
I escaped a great danger, Neill. In November, I nearly fell prey to the
mystical expectation that I should stay in Maine, on a high mountain,
gazing at the stars, as the overall genius, far removed from petty human
events. Maybe I should have. But as I pondered over the problem
whether to stay in Maine or to return to New York, I felt that I would