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Lazar's disease could be staved off with repeated doses of [[hydromel]] or cured with massive, controlled doses of [[radiation]]. The later remedy, for obvious reasons, entailed more risk to the infected person. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'') | Lazar's disease could be staved off with repeated doses of [[hydromel]] or cured with massive, controlled doses of [[radiation]]. The later remedy, for obvious reasons, entailed more risk to the infected person. ([[TV]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'') | ||
Nyssa eventually found a permanent cure for Lazar's disease. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Asylum (novel)|Asylum]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cobwebs (audio story)|Cobwebs]]'') | Nyssa eventually found a permanent cure for Lazar's disease. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Asylum (novel)|Asylum]]'') Circa [[3510]], she created a [[vaccine]] and the disease was eradicated by [[3515]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cobwebs (audio story)|Cobwebs]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* While the most obvious real-world parallel to Lazar's disease is [[leprosy]] (in the phonetically similar name, | * While the most obvious real-world parallel to Lazar's disease is [[leprosy]] (in the phonetically similar name, the practice of isolating the infected, and Olvir directly referring to people with Lazar's disease as "lepers" at the end of Part One), its treatment can be compared to [[cancer]], which often features a treatment course that is sometimes as severe or injurious as the disease itself. | ||
[[Category:Diseases and illnesses]] | [[Category:Diseases and illnesses]] | ||
[[Category:Fatal diseases]] | [[Category:Fatal diseases]] | ||
