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Dr. honoris causa Sydney Joseph Bush, D.Opt. [IOsc.]
Studied Medicine 1949-51 to 2nd LRCP., MRCS., at Kings College Medical
School, Newcastle in the University of Durham.
Qualified Optometry D.Opt., IOsc., (London 1954) and eligible for Fellowship
of the American Academy of Optometry (but not applied for) and invited to
become a member of the US. National Academy of Science by Prof. Denham
Harman MD., PhD.,. (Nebraska) Father of the "Free Radical Theory Of Ageing
and Disease (Nov 1957)"
Short published papers on Glaucoma, Survey of 7000 patients
(March 1979 "Optician") Quoted on BBC News, revealed unsuspected high
level of glaucoma discovered using newly available Pneumatic Tonometer)
Published paper on "Aetiology of Non-spastic , non-paralytic
ectropion". 19th Oct. 1992. Optometry Today.
Patents granted Line free single power bicentric lenses applied also
to bifocal and varifocal spectacle lenses for novel correction of
anisometropia.
Computed and produced "BASEINvisible (TM)" Prism segment bifocal
spectacle lenses now being supplied to British Optometrists and probably the
most widely prescribed of its type for convergence relief in a less
expensive and cosmetically acceptable lens, the only one on the market
meeting these criteria.
Patents offered on novel method of manufacture by plastics memory of
varifocal spectacle lenses. (Unfortunately a patent by Prof. Otto Wichterle,
(Prague) inventor of the soft contact lens, mentioned the possible
application of this property of certain plastics materials to spectacle
lenses although he did not appear to be aware of an application to varifocal
lenses). He employed the principle in the generation of aspheric curvatures
for improved hard contact lenses. There was no apparent subsequent
application of the principle to the spectacle lens manufacture he cautiously
mentioned in his USA patent. Wrong classification of this patent in the UK
patent office prevented discovery of the clash of interests in the
international patent search at the Hague prior to the full patent
application. He when offered the British patent declined it without
suing the Patent office for damages.
1983. Founded Hull Contact Lens Clinic introducing novel principle of
new soft lenses annually with pre-payment of the following year's aftercare
by monthly bank standing order, quickly adopted almost universally by other
practitioners and now (with variations) the standard system of supply.
He is currently developing a new optometric speciality to which he
has given the name CardioRetinometry(TM) the application of which in
conjunction with nutritional prophylaxis is expected to lead to effective
non-surgical reversal of coronary heart disease, stroke and aneurysm risk.
He discovered that the vitamin C he was supplying to contact
lens patients was tending to reverse the atheroma visible in the retinal
arteries, revealed serendipitously by sequential imaging using the newly
introduced variable magnification of the electronic digital fundus camera.
Dr. Bush is claiming that his discovery is the first simple, cheap and
effective non-invasive confirmation of Pauling/Rath theory of heart disease, proving that avitaminosis C is a primary cause of atheroma.
He has registered "Hearteries" as a brand name for nutrients
and foods leading to permitted involvement in approved fitness/exercise
programmes.
His emblem which is expected to become the symbol of heart attack,
protection obtained via CardioRetinometry (TM) and recognised world
wide, is the eye in the heart.
In addition to CardioRetinometry (TM) he has also introduced a second
new term into ophthalmology namely, Circadian Atheroma. This is the
daily inflow and outflow of very low density cholesterol, lipoprotein alpha
[Lp(a) ] in a 24hrly cycle. These terms were published in the refereed
optometric journal Optician 11th May 2003.
In a novel departure from his usual interests but as a family man, in 1988
he was granted a British Patent USA, Japanese and French patents as well as
a UK DTI government £20,000 grant for the production of an inexpensive and
safer method of transporting children. At the 1988 10th International
Inventors' Exposition at the Sheraton Hotel in New York this was awarded
1st prize as Best British Invention and awarded the second prize
overall of Silver Medal.
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