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Paul Devereux discusses a less well-known side effect of particular relevance to forteans.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forteantimes.com\/articles\/184_eye-spirits1.shtml\">Read more&#8230; (at the Fortean Times)<\/a>:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since my MD-afflicted dad has reported that his pet cat can now fly, I wondered if this article might (ahem) shed some light on the subject. &#8220;Macular degeneration is an eye disease which is the most common cause of vision-loss developing in later life. Paul Devereux discusses a less well-known side effect of particular relevance &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=116\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Eye Spirits&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgY3e-1S","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":429,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=429","url_meta":{"origin":116,"position":0},"title":"Day 68\/70","author":"Jorah","date":"January 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Jorah\u00a0earned 100 points for: Plank: 380 sec (+100 pts) Single plank, then off to an early appt. at the eye doctor's office. 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