- Published: 10 July 2024
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Have you ever heard of Charles Bonnet? He was a Swiss naturalist, philosopher, and biologist (1720-1793) who first described the hallucinatory experiences of his 89-year-old grandfather, who was nearly blind in both eyes from cataracts. Charles Bonnet Syndrome is now the term used to describe simple or complex hallucinations in people who have impaired vision.
Symptoms
People who experience these hallucinations know they aren't real. These hallucinations are only visual, and they don't...
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