Scopulariospsios

Scopulariopsiosis is a pathological phenomenon that is expressed in phenomena reminiscent of visual hallucinations, and also accompanied by impaired recognition of objects when perceiving a visual image. The disease is associated with overheating and poisoning of the body and, thus, belongs to the section dealing with problems of psychoneurology. The first clinical picture of the disease, known since the 18th century as “false delusions or daydreams,” was described by A. Dessemble, who described the patient as a passionately fanatical Protestant from Poitiers. It is also mentioned in the letters of the English chemist D. Rutherford and the French academician P. Dupuy de Ritter, who in their letters noted the influence of high air and water temperatures on the occurrence of mental disorders in persons engaged in physical work or who spent a long time in the open air. This is described in their scientific works. The disorder is also reflected in the books of J. T.