Show Medicos Seek to Aid Man ManAs ManAs As Eyes Turn urn Into Stone PASADENA Cal Ca Aug 30 UP Physicians sought a means to today today today to- to day of keeping a 32 year old mans man's eyes from turning to stone Identified only as Mr X X the theman theman man suffering from an unusual unusual unusual un un- un- un usual disease that removes thet the t ta 8 aunt urn um from the bones and dels des de- de ls it jt in the soft 3 s parts of the body Doctors said this was the first case to their knowledge where the calcium was being deposited de- de deposited deposited de de- posited in the eyes The man was Introduced and examined at a closed conference of specialists attending the western western western west west- ern assembly of the College of Optometry He lIe explained ex explained explained ex- ex that he did not want to become a medical freak and asked that his identity not be dis dis- dis- dis closed Dr Russell E E. Sim Simpson son of Pasa Pas a- a dena said the man was suffering from caused by of the parathyroid glands of the throat He said there were 71 recorded cas cases s of men turning to stone but that In Inno Inno inno no previous case was eye ossification ossification ossification tion reported Unless physicians are successful successful success success- ful tul in their efforts to stop the processes of ossification vital organs organs or or- gans will become solidified and arid result in death The disease thus far has affected affected affected af af- af- af one eye chiefly The man first complained of eye trouble in 1933 His Ills tonsils and appendix were verc removed before the real cau cause e was discovered He has been placed under a calcium calcium calcium cal cal- corrective diet which it is hoped may retard the disease |