Sadly his health was deteriorating again at the time that he took up the chair, and when he had a hernia operation in July 1973 the doctors discovered that the cancer had returned.
Sadly kanyang kalusugan ay deteriorating muli sa oras na siya ay kinuha ang upuan, at kapag siya ay nagkaroon ng luslos operasyon sa Hulyo 1973 ang mga doktor natuklasan na ang kanser ay naibalik.