International Journal of Epidemiology 2002;31:1137-1138
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Commentary: WH Auden, GA Auden and psychosomatic aetiology
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Wystan Hugh Auden (19071973) was the son of the pioneering school medical officer and public health scholar George Augustus Auden (18721957). GA Auden qualified in medicine in 1896 and after 14 years of a conventional medical career he became the first school medical officer for Birmingham, UK. Except for his period with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt, Gallipoli, and France during World War I, he remained working in Birmingham until the end of his career. He