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IJE Advance Access originally published online on January 13, 2005
International Journal of Epidemiology 2005 34(1):18-20; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh350
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IJE vol.34 no.1 © International Epidemiological Association 2005; all rights reserved.

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Commentary: Biological Freudianism and the quest for understanding of the social origins of health

Vivienne Moore

Department of Public Health, University of Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia. E-mail: vivienne.moore@adelaide.edu.au

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Dubos and colleagues' stated purpose1 was twofold, to demonstrate that the early environment could have a lasting influence on biological characteristics and to illustrate the ability of laboratory models to address ‘socio-medical’ problems occurring in human populations. These twin purposes were drawn together at the end of the paper in the call for ‘an experimental science that might be called biological Freudianism’.

Three years later, in 1969, René Dubos won the Pulitzer Prize for his book So Human an Animal, which had the unifying theme ‘that all experiences leave a stamp on both physical and mental characteristics’, with special emphasis placed on ‘very early influences, prenatal as well as postnatal, because their effects are so profound and lasting’ (p, x).2 Other writings reveal an even broader appreciation of the connectedness of human experience with the evolutionary past and the ecological present.3–5 Acclaim as a great thinker followed earlier career . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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