Lewis Carroll's character of the Mad Hatter in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is modeled after the hatmakers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries who were heavily exposed to mercury used in the preparation of felt.
Due to this mercury poisoning,these hatmakers developed

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The exposure to mercury in hatmaking led to a condition known as "mad hatter disease," which caused symptoms such as trembling, irritability, and hallucinations, often leading to a form of psychosis due to brain damage. Therefore, psychosis due to brain damage is the best choice for the symptoms experienced by the affected hatmakers.

Lewis Carroll's Character of the Mad Hatter in Alice's Adventures