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

Multiple Choice

Lewis Carroll's character of the Mad Hatter in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is modeled after the occupational disease that afflicted hatmakers who were heavily exposed to mercury used in the preparation of felt.These hatmakers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries suffered from a(n)

A) delusional disorder.
B) biological neurosis.
C) organic psychosis.
D) disorganized schizophrenia.