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Yes there is such a thing as a hatter. A hatter is a person who makes and sells hats. They are also known as milliners, who usually make women's hats, or haberdashers, who make hats for men. Former US president Harry Truman used to work as a haberdasher.

Stephen Jones is a very famous hatter, as is Phillip Treacy, who has designed and made hats for Queen Elizabeth.

The reason that a hatter might become crazy (hence the term "mad hatter") was because of the chemicals used in the hat-making. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Mercury was commonly used when working with felt, but its toxic effects caused symptoms similar to 'madness'.

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