
Book Review: The Arctic Hysterias
Astral Codex Ten Podcast
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The History of Panic Attacks in Eskimos
Poblochto can involve making creepy animal noises and attempting to kill family members. One common treatment for panic attacks is called the ice diver technique where you submerge your face into a bowl of water full of ice cubes. This seems a little too cute to be relevant, but I thought it was funny. Dr. Fox found that all ten of his Poblochto patients had a history of severe otitis media that is ear infection, including some partial deafness. He didn't know what to do with this information. Perhaps all Eskimos have otitis media. They're huddled together in very dry, cold air a lot of the time and had no access to antibiotics until
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