Mad hatter disease

Some of the steps in the manufacture of felt hats are illustrated in this image from 1858.

A man working in hat manufacture with no protective equipment, putting him at risk for mercury poisoning

Picture postcard of a hat factory in Danbury (postmarked 1911)

While the name of Lewis Carroll's Mad Hatter may contain an allusion to the hatters' syndrome, the character itself appears to have been based on an eccentric furniture dealer.

Mad hatter disease, or mad hatter syndrome, is occupational chronic mercury poisoning among hatmakers whose felting work involved prolonged exposure to mercury vapours. The neurotoxic effects included tremor and the pathological shyness and irritability characteristic of erethism.

单词	Mad hatter disease
释义	Mad hatter disease 原声例句爷爷奶奶的词汇课 It was because of the mercury and it became known as mad hatter disease. 这是由于水银的缘故，它被称为疯帽匠病。英语百科 Mad hatter disease Mad hatter disease, or mad hatter syndrome, is occupational chronic mercury poisoning among hatmakers whose felting work involved prolonged exposure to mercury vapours. The neurotoxic effects included tremor and the pathological shyness and irritability characteristic of erethism.
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