The Nostalgia Bone (2021)
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Hoffer's Cure for Nostalgia
There were conflicting opinions about what actually caused nostalgia. Hoffer thought it was nerve vibrations that viscerally channeled the homeland. Other doctors argued changes in atmospheric pressure, while others claimed it was caused by cowbells. Military physicians and generals were extremely concerned with these kinds of outbreaks. They didn't really want to send soldiers back home because then they wouldn't have men of fighting age.
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