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...patient, who must usually endure considerable post-operative pain, often has to forgo even the satisfaction of complaining; any talking may irritate his throat and delay his recovery. Now doctors at Boston University Medical Center are finding a way around both problems. They have found that a carbon-dioxide laser, which produces a high-intensity beam of invisible infra-red light, can quickly remove many polyps, cysts and cancers from vocal cords. Moreover, the laser operations, which are more precise and efficient than conventional surgery or freezing with cryoprobes, have proved remarkably free of discomfort for the patient...
Super-powerful laser beams have been used for more than a decade by eye surgeons to repair detached retinas. More recently, lasers have also been used to destroy certain skin cancers. But the Boston group is the first to use a laser for vocal-cord surgery. Dr. Geza J. Jako of B.U.'s otolaryngology department began using the device-developed in cooperation with American Optical Co. Research Laboratories-on dogs in 1967; Dr. M. Stuart Strong, head of the department, pioneered its use on humans two years...
...exemplary. Telling too are his deliberate movements, his slow gait, his hesitation to accept the Duke's proffered symbol of authority, the kneading of his fingers, the wiping of his sweaty palms with a white handkerchief, and, especially, his intense eyes capable of burning like a pair of laser beams...
Psychosurgery involves the destruction of a small section of brain--known as the amygdala--which supposedly controls aggressive behavior. A number of methods can be used to destroy the tissue, including ultrasound or laser beams. Only a very small section of tissue, about 1/600 of an inch, is damaged in the process...
Large "phasers" (a takeoff on laser) protect the ship from outside attack, and each crew member carries a smaller phaser for self-defense purposes. Other features of the ship include a space transporter that disassembles the atoms of a person on board ship and reassembles them at the desired location in a process called "beaming...