The term was coined in 1688 by Johannes Hofer (1669–1752) in his Basel dissertation. Hofer introduced X or mal du pays for the condition also known as mal du Suisse "Swiss illness" or Schweizerheimweh, because of its frequent occurrence in Swiss mercenaries who were in the plains of lowlands of France or Italy. Symptoms were also thought to include fainting, high fever, indigestion, stomach pain, and death.
In the eighteenth century, scientists were looking for a locus of X, a X-ic bone. By the 1850s X was losing its status as a particular disease and coming to be seen rather as a symptom or stage of a pathological process. It was considered as a form of melancholia and a predisposing condition among suicides. X was, however, still diagnosed among soldiers as late as the American Civil War.
X please?
[Not a very well framed question I feel. Comments?]
Answer :
Nostalgia
Answer :
Nostalgia
Nothing wrong with the question, good question. Beats me. Involutional melancholia?
ReplyDeleteWhat if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears? - Kierkegaard
Do we see colours differently? Is my red your green, is your blue my blue? - Herr Philosoraptor.
It's nostalgia. Colors, I have always wondered myself. Also, is Satan the God for people in hell? :-/
DeleteSatan doesn't exist, no more than god. By my reckoning, the god for people in hell is Hafiz Saeed - Mr. BK
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