See Also: Dirksen, Everett McKinley(encyclopedia)
Leber's disease(health)
Leber(dictionary)
Leber, Theodor(medicine)
Leber's plexus(medicine)
Everett (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
amaurosis congenita of Leber(medicine)
Millais, Sir John Everett(encyclopedia)
Hooper, Horace Everett(encyclopedia)
Graham, Otto (Everett, Jr.)(encyclopedia)

Dirksen, Everett McKinley (sh) and Leber's disease (health)


Dirksen, Everett McKinley (sh)




born Jan. 4, 1896, Pekin, Ill., U.S.
died Sept. 7, 1969, Washington, D.C.

U.S. politician.

After serving in World War I, he returned to Illinois to pursue business interests. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1932-48), where he voted against most New Deal measures and remained an isolationist until the U.S. entered World War II. He later served in the U.S. Senate (1950-69), becoming minority leader in 1959. He was noted for his oratorical style. Though a conservative, he helped secure passage of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the Civil Rights Act, and the Voting Rights Act.


Leber's disease (health)


Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis. A severe form of rod-cone degeneration present at birth. Infant’s have very poor visual acuity, photophobia and nystagmus. Infant’s with Leber’s will often constantly rub their eyes with their fists and poke their eyes with their fingers and thumb. No treatment is available.