A History of DelusionsFascinating and compassionate Horatio Clare The King of France, thinking he was made of glass, was terrified he might shatter and he wasnt alone. After the Emperor met his end at Waterloo, an epidemic of Napoleons piled into Frances asylums. Throughout the nineteenth century, dozens of middle aged women tried to convince their physicians that they were, in fact, dead. For centuries, weve dismissed delusions as something for doctors to sort out behind