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I dag lærte jeg at både Bach og Händel døde etter øyeoperasjoner utført av en viss John Taylor. Taylor's career was destructive. His general approach included bloodletting, laxatives, and eyedrops of blood from slaughtered pigeons, pulverized sugar, or baked salt. In late March 1750, during one of his European tours, Taylor operated on Bach's cataracts twice in Leipzig and reportedly blinded him. Bach fell ill with a fever and died less than four months later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_(oculist)