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You know, one of the side effects of doing the real history series is now I'm tempted now to begin every show with a historical anecdote,

especially since when you read enough history, you start to realize that a lot of the bad ideas were actually pretty reasonable in hindsight.

So here's a story about one of those allegedly bad ideas that you probably haven't heard

before.

So in the 17th century, a medical student in Switzerland named Johannes Hofer identified a

strange but serious new illness, afflicting people living far from their native country,

particularly soldiers and students studying abroad. And whatever the cause, maybe was a parasite or an unknown

pathogen of some kind, symptoms were pretty stark. Suffers took on a lifeless and haggard countenance.

They lost their interest in eating cheese, which is a big deal for these people, for anyone, really.

Sometimes they thought they were hearing voices or seeing ghosts.

They also lost track of time and confused past and present.

And in his dissertation, Hofer noted that he couldn't figure out how to cure the disorder,

but various remedies were attempted.

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