21. One crazed royal locked himself up in a padded cell to protect his ‘glass’ body from shattering
According to the doctor duo’s notes, as recounted by Speak, the confused royal followed the example of Charles VI and hold himself up in his room. Like the French king, he feared he would shatter if he bumped into something or someone, so he preferred not to take any chances. The poor man even ordered his servants to fill his private quarters with straw so to protect him if he were to accidentally stumble and fall. Before too long, however, the anonymous man’s doctor had enough and decided on that drastic action was needed to shatter his patient’s glass delusion.
