Buried alive, leeched, and attacked with a poker: The dark history of nostalgia "cures"

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Buried alive, leeched, and attacked with a poker: The dark history of nostalgia "cures"

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Neat - For neat stuff you found@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

Excessive longing for the past was once met with red-hot pokers and ritual shaming. Step inside the brutal medical history of nostalgia.

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