Mark,

Remember that hallucinations can involve other senses than vision.  I'm 
pretty sure that someone blind from birth wouldn't be able to have visual 
hallucinations, but I don't see any reason why someone who had once had 
sight couldn't halucinate visually even if he could no longer see.  Anyway, 
hallucinations are a product of the brain, not of a specific organ.

Steve

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From: "Frederick" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 17:39
Subject: off topic Can Blind People hallucinate?


> Hi
>     I have a sighted friend (Bob) who has been wondering, can Blind People
> hallucinate? He says that people who hallucinate see things that are not
> there. So, therefore he wonders since blind people can not see he wondered
> if it was possible for them to hallucinate. I had never contemplated the
> matter much but I told him I would forward the question to the list. I 
> will
> be glad to send any messages you have on the matter back to him.
>     Thank you for helping to answer this retired policeman's question.
>
> God bless,
> Mark
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