Medicine: Color Feelings

George Campbell of Lawton, Okla. was born blind. Three years ago, a group of local surgeons removed the 21-year-old boy's cataracts, fitted him with a pair of thick-lensed glasses, gave him sight. Joyous George Campbell, now able to read with his eyes, last fortnight told radio listeners of Kansas City's WDAF the lyrical tale of his "birthday into light."

"It like to drove me crazy!" he exclaimed. "The first thing I saw was a pretty nurse. She seemed impossible, and she had great big brown eyes. How they sparkled! When I looked into a mirror, I didn't know whether to cry or...

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