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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. ([[DW]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'') [[Nyssa]] was eventually able to find a permanent cure for Lazar's disease. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Asylum (novel)|Asylum]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[Cobwebs]]'') | 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. ([[DW]]: ''[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]'') [[Nyssa]] was eventually able to find a permanent cure for Lazar's disease. ([[PDA]]: ''[[Asylum (novel)|Asylum]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[Cobwebs]]'') | ||
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*While the most obvious real-world parallel to Lazar's Disease is [[wikipedia:leprosy|leprosy]] (both in the phonetically similar name and in the practice of isolating the infected), its treatment can be compared to [[cancer]], which often features a treatment course that is sometimes as severe or injurious as the disease itself. | *While the most obvious real-world parallel to Lazar's Disease is [[wikipedia:leprosy|leprosy]] (both in the phonetically similar name and in the practice of isolating the infected), its treatment can be compared to [[cancer]], which often features a treatment course that is sometimes as severe or injurious as the disease itself. | ||
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