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Nostalgia (Sehnsucht) refers to the [[moral ]] [[pain ]] of the expatriate when he is overcome with the [[obsession ]] of [[return]]. The [[self]]-absorption, morosity, and [[feeling ]] that there is [[nothing ]] more to say [[about ]] the [[situation ]] are the first [[clinical ]] manifestations of a [[secret ]] torment that is likely to become aggravated. A [[state ]] of desolation and [[physical ]] malaise is soon established, which is fertile ground for infection and functional disorders, as if the [[subject]]'s vitality had been sapped. In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century medical [[practice]], this...