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Commentary on a Case of Acute Systematized Hallucinosis

(Recorded by the Patient as “The Report of a Nightmare”)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

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This case is a perfect example of that rare form of mental disorder, acute systematized hallucinosis (sensory insanity) described by Bianchi, as characterized by “hallucinations of several senses, repeated in a uniform manner, determining a range of false thoughts rapidly systematized, acute and curable.”

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1940 

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