Word: glaucoma
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Dates: during 1981-1981
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Stassinopoulos is also good at interviewing sources and collecting anecdotes. When glaucoma was diagnosed and eyedrops required every two hours, Maria bought a tiny Louis XV timepiece that tinkled an alarm every two hours. Yet she loved nothing better than combing Woolworth's for such "bargains" as a lemon squeezer or potato peeler. A friend remembered a lunch at Claridges during which Maria proudly produced her latest finds. The Callas jealousy was legendary. The sight of her beloved Visconti, who was homosexual, merely talking with Leonard Bernstein sent her into a rage. Yet she did not always take herself...
...however, have never been completely satisfied with Van Gogh's self-diagnosis. Over the years they have come up with alternative explanations for his bizarre behavior, including mania, schizophrenia, even sunstroke. Because his late paintings were dominated by swirls of color, some observers believe he also suffered from glaucoma or cataracts...
...Medicaid is cut back, Grady's administrators fear that they may have to turn many poor patients away and eliminate some of the hospital's services. Noting the choices that might have to be made, Yelton suggests, "We might decide to keep the glaucoma clinic but drop the cataract clinic. We would just have to tell the cataract patient, 'I'm sorry. We can't see you.' " In offering reduced services, Grady doctors say, some patients with an easily remedied ailment may not get help until their conditions become far more serious-and also...