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Einband leicht berieben. - Fundamental study. - On being appointed Director of Research to the Institute of Psycho-analysis my first official activities were directed towards organising psycho-analytical work on the psychoses. With the help of those interested in this subject a scheme was drawn up, but so far the work done has not justified the publication of a report. My next and more ambitious project was to systematise and correlate work on the technique of psycho-analysis. Having collected a series of typical problems I decided to approach the subject by the Questionnaire method. This method is no doubt a tedious orte and subject to many disadvantages; but it has the virtue of giving adequate representation to a solid body of opinion which is seldom or never expressed otherwise. The results are now published in report form. It was found necessary to add a running editorial commentary on the various sections and subsections.