Among other things, Xilo Musimene wrote:

>> In case you don't know, it was John Dalton, the father of the Atomic
>> Theory, who gave name to daltonism, he was colour blind and studied that
>> condition.
> 
> I didn't...  I wonder if working in an atomic lab for long can render
> someone color blind! hehe

I was talking of XVIII century, Dalton postulated elements were made out of 
atoms which combined to form compounds, there were no neutrons or gamma 
rays back then ;)

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