Word: glaucoma
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Dates: during 1952-1952
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Prime Minister of Ireland Eamon de Valera, whose eyesight has been failing, flew to Utrecht for an operation by a Dutch specialist. His malady: glaucoma -a hardening of the eyeballs and deterioration of the retina...
...decided that germs of what he calls Strain Alpha must somehow have been transmuted into Strain Beta, with its own phage. With two phages at hand, Dr. Lincoln went on to treat grippe and liver inflammation. Soon he spread out to treat laryngitis, tonsillitis, abscessed teeth, neuralgia, cataract and glaucoma. By 1948 he was treating cancer and tuberculosis...