Papilledema is the swelling of the optic nerve as it enters the back of the eye due to raised intracranial pressure. Fluid surrounding the brain is constantly produced and reabsorbed, maintaining just enough intracranial pressure to help protect the brain if there is blunt head trauma.
Pierce gave his approval and the couple were married. From that point on, Bill treated Pierce as his real son and they got along fine. It was Bill who took Pierce to see his first Bond movie, Goldfinger (1964), and it was at that point that decided to take up acting.
Arbus was last seen on television in 2000 in an episode of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. His daughter Amy confirmed her father's death to The New York Times. Arbus portrayed his role on M*A*S*H so well that star Alan Alda, who played Hawkeye Pierce, thought he was a real shrink and would talk with him between scenes. 'I was so convinced that he was a psychiatrist I used to sit and talk with him between scenes,' Alda told the Archive of American Television.