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Partly it was her accented voice that did it-hesitant at the surface, confident underneath, like the upper register of a cello. Partly it was the dark, liquid eyes, staring past the camera in what her admirers described as hypnotic lust and what her ophthalmologist analyzed as acute myopia. But after all, there have been hundreds of promising starlets with shiny eyes, trained voices and good bones. With Bujold what made the difference was the ability to meld the parts and the actress into something special...
Most well-scrubbed Americans would be horrified at the idea of having mites crawling around on their faces. Yet almost half the U.S. population may play host to microscopic parasites, which reside in the facial hair of jet-setters and slum dwellers alike. This is the finding of Manhattan Ophthalmologist Jerry Jacobson. He and Australia's Dr. Frank English reported at a New York Hospital conference that among recent adult patients, 40% had mites clinging to the roots of their eyelashes...
...facial mite, Demodex folliculorum, has been recognized since 1841, but many doctors have been unaware of its existence, or have forgotten about it. Demodex rarely causes discomfort. It might have remained virtually unnoticed if Oklahoma Ophthalmologist Tullos O. Coston had not described its habitat and habits two years...
...follicle, women who avoid soaping their faces and use only cleansing creams (which do not remove facial oils) are natural targets for the tiny parasite. Regular washing reduces the Demodex population, but no way has been found to drive away all the mites. Until such a remedy is found, Ophthalmologist Coston says, "man must remain the dish of his uninvited guest...
Rubella's cause and effect were long unsuspected. Not until 1941 did an Australian ophthalmologist, Sir Norman McAlister Gregg (1892-1966), discover that an unusual number of his infant patients, born with cataracts, had been conceived during a 1940 rubella epidemic...