Buerger's disease resulted in amputation of his both legs, one in 1967 and the other in 1983.
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Around that time, he was diagnosed with the Buerger's disease that manifested itself as severe inflammation in a leg.
The author and journalist John McBeth describes his experiences of the disease, and treatment for it, in a chapter called 'Year of the Leg' in his book entitled Reporter. Forty Years Covering Asia.
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As reported by Alan Michie in God Save The Queen, published in 1952 (see pages 194 and following), King George VI was diagnosed with the disease in late 1948 and early 1949.