Jellinek's typology of alcoholism. Some historical antecedents.

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While the alcohol studies field generally credits E. M. Jellinek as the most influential exponent of the modern disease concept, Jellinek may have derived many of his formulations from the work of 19th-centiry physicians and researchers. Belief that alcoholism was a disease had been gaining currency among many laymen and physicians throughout the early 19th century, although the conceptualization remained hazy. Near the end of the century, the American Association for the Study and Cure of Inebriety took the lead in trying to put the disease theory on a firm scientific footing. Like Jellinek, the Association differentiated between addicted and nonaddicted alcoholics, defined addiction in terms of physical dependence (the criteria for which were similar to Jellinek''s), and identified a typology of alcoholism that closely approximated that of Jellinek. Its work gained the Association considerable credit both among contemporary physicians and temperance workers near the turn of the century, and Jellinek''s formulations are probably best understood if seen in a direct line of succession from the Association''s earlier efforts. A bibliography is included.

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