Bond Villains and Their Medical Problems

So after posting about Dr. No the other day, I realized that most Bond villains have medical problems.  Naturally, Fleming and the people at EON did this to contrast the villains with the suave and fit 007.  Interestingly enough, Osama bin Laden also had health problems and lived in secret lairs and many have drawn comparisons to the deceased terrorist leader and Bond villains.

Today I will be discussing the health of Le Chiffre, the villain from Casino Royale.  In the novel, he seems mostly described as a very unattractive man who uses a Benzedrine inhaler (a racemic mixture of amphetamine).

In the recent Daniel Craig film, Le Chiffre (played by Mads Mikkelson) seems to have suffered an eye injury in his past and his tears contain blood.  This is a condition called hemolacria, a rare disorder with different causes.  One of the good lines in the film is when Le Chiffre explains his condition to a man he is playing poker with on his boat, "Weeping blood comes merely from a derangement of the tear duct, my dear General. Nothing sinister."


Just conveniently sinister-looking.