Borg, The Emergence.

In AD1856 a young and brilliant multi-talented university professor named Norton evolved a theory on how to prolong human life, how to cure all illnesses and at the same time bring peace and prosperity to a troubled world.
His colleagues scoffed and ridiculed him. Then one day his wife was diagnosed with cancer. He was refused permission to use the clinic facilities and his wife died.
Angry and frustrated he decided to put his theory into practice and disappeared never to be seen or heard of again, until...