Nobles Used to Suffer from “The Glass Delusion” and Were Terrified of Breaking

6. After peaking in the 16^th century, the glass delusion steadily vanished, coinciding with the rise of science as a true academic discipline

After the famous cases of Princess Alexandra of Bavaria and the legendary Russian composer Tchaikovsky, instances of people suffering from glass delusion disappear from the history books. According to some scholars, the end of the delusion coincided with the rise of science as a proper academic discipline. Glass was no longer a wondrous substance, and neither was the human body a complete mystery. So, just as the Enlightenment brought an end to many of the more bizarre superstitious beliefs held by the peoples of Europe, so too did the dawn of the scientific age herald the end of the glass delusion.