RT Journal
A1 Randall J
T1 FUseli's nightmare
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1969
FD September 1
VO 209
IS 9
SP 1368
OP 1368
DO 10.1001/jama.1969.03160220058029
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160220058029
AB To the Editor:— 
    Your special report on Henry Fuseli's painting, "The Nightmare," written by Jerome M. Schneck, MD, recalled to mind some remarks by Dr. Kurt R. Eisseler. As a discussant by invitation at a scientific session of the Psychoanalytic Association of New York, Dr. Eisseler observed that the only way the unconscious being can say "no" or "not" is by means of paralysis. Hence, the paralyzed state of the dreamer in Fuseli's painting represents the refutation of the dream state or reality.