The word was coined in 1600 by a Swiss physician to describe a homesickness among soldiers so powerful that it was thought to be a disease.

Hans Hunziker (1878-1941), Swiss physician and professor at University of Basel.

It is named after Albrecht von Haller, a Swiss physician who is considered the father of neurology.

Sigismond Jaccoud (20 November 1830 - 26 April 1913) was a Swiss physician.

François Naville (14 June 1883 - 3 April 1968) was a Swiss physician.

Théodore Tronchin (June 24, 1709 - November 30, 1781) was a Swiss physician.

A Swiss physician deprogrammed from a computer; a young plastic surgeon dead suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage.

In the 17th century, Johannes Hofer, a Swiss physician, diagnosed a young man on his deathbed with homesickness.

He was a Swiss physician who was born in Geneva.

This asteroid was named for Albrecht von Haller a Swiss physician, botanist and poet.