Freud_Burlingham_1943_War_and_Children_k_text

more than a year her junior.Her latest habitis a sort of grimacing, the origin of which, weare at the moment attempting to find amongthe other members of the house. It is interestingto note that during every illness, her noticeableaffection for the doctor is greatly increased.This was particularly marked duringthe periods of asthma when the presence of thedoctor helped to lessen her anxiety during attacks.SeparationWhile daily all over England more andmore children are separated from their mothersand evacuated for the sake of safety, ourinterest is still held by the various possible resultsof such separations.JillWe had another opportunity of observingthe worst effects of sudden separation in Jill,a little girl, two and a half years old. In acceptingJill we gave in to the urging of hermother who was frightened that the childwould either be infected with TB by thegrandmother with whom she shared the roomor with some kind of shelter disease in thevery primitive place where they all spent thenights. The mother seemed rather desperateand worn out with anxiety. She begged us tolet Jill benefit by the favourable conditions inIMS