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Dr. Scripture said in abstract: Psychanalysis is the term applied to 

 the line of work originated by Freud, of Vienna. Its chief object is to 

 fret at the facts of the subconscious. One of its most effective methods 

 is the analysis of dreams. The immediate facts in the dream, the "mani- 

 fest content," are derived from the immediately preceding experiences 

 of life. The "latent content" is deduced from the "manifest content." 

 The "latent content" of a dream always consists of a wish or fear. A 

 child disappointed by the size of some Bantam chickens dreamed that 

 she had large Cochin Chinas and thus satisfied her wish. A man dreams 

 that he is bald because he has noticed his hair to be getting thin and 

 fears that he will become bald. The "manifest content" of the dream is 

 often symbolic of the "latent content." After a consultation with his 

 physician in which the disagreeable experiences of his past life are 

 discussed, a man dreams of being in a laundry watching the clothes boil 

 in the tank. His dreams satisfies the wish to see his "dirty linen" 

 washed clean. A man in financial difficulties dreams of being caught 

 in a terrific snow-storm. This expresses his fear of being "snowed 

 under." By psychanalysis, the physician gets an accurate knowledge of 

 the patient's mental make-up; this he can get in no other way. He can 

 then proceed to correct the various defects of character, such as egotism, 

 stubbornness, viciousness, bashfuiness, timidity, etc. Psychanalysis is the 

 only radical cure for hysteria, the phobias and psychasthenia. 



The Section then adjourned. 



F. Lyman Wells, 



Secretary. 

 BUSINESS MEETING. 



1 May, 1911. 



The Academy met at 8:15 p. m. at the American Museum of Natural 

 History, Vice-President Kunz presiding in the absence of President Boas. 

 The minutes of the last business meeting were read and approved. 

 There being no business to transact, the Academy then adjourned. 



Edmund Otis Hovey, 



Recording Secretary. 



SECTION OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 



1 May, 1911. 



Section was called to order at 8 :18 p. m. by Vice-President George F. 

 Kunz, about 55 members and visitors being present. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



