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...gloomy two-room apartment near the Kremlin. "I hope this will help political prisoners," he said. The phone rang constantly with calls from friends and well-wishers in Russia and abroad. His wife, Pediatrician Yelena Bonner, telephoned congratulations from Italy, where she is recovering from an operation for glaucoma. Connected by phone with Norwegian radio, he broadcast a message, in broken German, saying he was extremely pleased and proud. He added that he hoped to come to Oslo to receive the medal and the $140,000 prize money at the ceremony to be held Dec. 10, the 79th anniversary...
...prolific black research chemist; of cancer; in Waukegan, Ill. Grandson of a slave, Alabama-born Julian won honors at Harvard and the University of Vienna on his way to garnering over 130 chemical patents. His pioneering work with soybeans led to discoveries ranging from a drug for treating glaucoma to aerofoam, the Navy's fire-extinguishing "bean soup" of World War II. But he was best known for his low-cost method of synthesizing cortisone, which made him both a millionaire and a major financial angel to the civil rights movement...
Hartman, who developed glaucoma and lost his sight at eight, decided early that he wanted to be a doctor. He left a school for the blind, re-entered public schools to prepare for medicine and graduated with honors from Gettysburg College. Getting into medical school was another matter; seven schools rejected him upon learning that he was blind. Finally, Temple accepted him after subjecting him to interviews by five physicians instead of the usual one. Says Dr. M. Prince Brigham, assistant dean: "We took David because he was a superior student who had accomplished as a biology major what many...
...necessary accouterments, including a can of grape concentrate, to make a few of the 200 gallons of wine a year that heads of households in the U.S. are allowed to produce without paying taxes. Physicians are prescribing wine to help lower blood cholesterol, ease glaucoma and lessen nervous tension. Some doctors are recommending wine in weight-reducing diets. A 4-oz. glass of red, white or rosé wine contains just under 100 calories. As St. Paul advised Timothy: "Use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities...
...successful treatment of many diseases. Others feel that screening is economically impractical. But Dr. Marvin Klein, who runs Checkup, a private, computerized diagnostic center in Chicago, offers evidence that the process can pay. By screening members of a union that subscribed to his service, he uncovered signs of glaucoma, a serious eye disease, in six. Two of the patients would have gone blind without prompt treatment. The projected cost of supporting the two men for the rest of their lives, if they had lost their sight, equaled the cost of Checkup's entire operation for five years...