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Carl Gustav Jung
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology Section section-0155
Section 155 of 508
Canonical reference section-0155
English
Various; edited by Constance E. Long
Before coming to me for treatment he sent me a circumstantial autobiography, or rather a history of his illness, in order to prepare me for his visit. His story began: "My father was a very big and strong man." This sentence awakened my curiosity; I turned over a page and there read: "When I was fifteen a big lad of nineteen took me into the wood and indecently assaulted me."
The numerous gaps in the patient's story induced me to obtain a more exact anamnesis from him, which produced the following remarkable facts.
The patient is the youngest of three brothers. His father, a big, red-haired man, was formerly a soldier in the Papal Swiss Guard, and then became a policeman. He was a strict, gruff old soldier, who brought up his sons with military precision; he commanded them, did not call them by name, but whistled to them. He had spent his youth in Rome, where he acquired syphilis, from the consequences of which he still suffered in old age. He was fond of talking about his adventures in early life. His eldest son (considerably older than the patient) was exactly like him, he was big, strong and had reddish hair. The mother was a feeble woman, prematurely aged; exhausted and tired of life, she died at forty when the patient was eight years old. He preserved a tender and beautiful memory of his mother.
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French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Avant de venir me consulter, il m’envoya une autobiographie circonstanciée, ou plutôt l’histoire de sa maladie, afin de me préparer à sa visite. Son récit commençait ainsi : « Mon père était un homme très grand et très fort. » Cette phrase éveilla ma curiosité ; je tournai une page et lus : « Lorsque j’avais quinze ans, un grand garçon de dix-neuf ans m’emmena dans les bois et me fit subir un attentat à la pudeur. »
Les nombreuses lacunes du récit du patient m’incitèrent à recueillir auprès de lui une anamnèse plus exacte, qui fit apparaître les faits remarquables suivants.
Le patient est le plus jeune de trois frères. Son père, un grand homme roux, avait d’abord été soldat dans la Garde suisse pontificale, puis était devenu policier. C’était un vieux soldat strict et bourru, qui élevait ses fils avec une précision militaire ; il leur donnait des ordres, ne les appelait pas par leur nom, mais les sifflait. Il avait passé sa jeunesse à Rome, où il avait contracté la syphilis, dont il subissait encore les conséquences dans sa vieillesse. Il aimait raconter les aventures de sa jeunesse. Son fils aîné, considérablement plus âgé que le patient, lui ressemblait exactement : il était grand, fort et avait les cheveux roux. La mère était une femme faible, prématurément vieillie ; épuisée et lasse de vivre, elle mourut à quarante ans, lorsque le patient en avait huit. Il conserva de sa mère un souvenir tendre et beau.
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