Letter Ii.--Jung 238

For the patient any method that works is good, though some more valuable than others--The doctor must choose what commends itself to his scientific conscience--Why the author gave up the use of hypnotism--Three cases quoted--Breuer and Freud's method a great advance in psychic treatment--Evolution of author's views--Importance of conception that behind the neurosis lies a moral conflict--Divergence from Freud's sexual theory of neurosis--The doctor's responsibility for the cleanliness of his own hands--Necessity that the psychoanalyst should be analysed--He is successful in so far as he has succeeded in his own moral development.