Pasnau R O
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine 90024-1759.
Psychosomatics. 1990 Spring;31(2):121-8. doi: 10.1016/S0033-3182(90)72184-6.
Throughout an illustrious scientific career, Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) suffered from a mysterious and disabling malady. The illness, which was characterized by depressed feelings and violent and uncomfortable cardiac palpitations, gastric upsets, and headaches, began shortly after Darwin returned from a five-year voyage to South America as the naturalist of the Beagle. One explanation for Darwin's symptoms is he suffered from Chagas' disease as a result of being bitten by an insect common to South America. More psychodynamically oriented theorists speculate that Darwin's illness was an expression of repressed anger toward his father. Others have noted a familial vulnerability to the symptoms Darwin described. The author examines these theories and suggests that they all may have validity in explaining the mysterious illness of Charles Darwin.
在其辉煌的科学职业生涯中，查尔斯·罗伯特·达尔文（1809 - 1882）饱受一种神秘且使人衰弱的疾病折磨。这种疾病的特征是情绪低落、剧烈且不适的心悸、胃部不适和头痛，在达尔文作为博物学家随“小猎犬号”进行了为期五年的南美洲航行归来后不久便开始出现。对达尔文症状的一种解释是，他因被一种南美洲常见的昆虫叮咬而感染了恰加斯病。更多从心理动力学角度出发的理论家推测，达尔文的疾病是他对父亲压抑愤怒的一种表现。其他人则指出了家族对达尔文所描述症状的易感性。作者审视了这些理论，并表明它们在解释查尔斯·达尔文的神秘疾病方面可能都具有合理性。
