An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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GOLDMAN, Leon

2 entries
  • 6941

Effect of the laser beam on the skin.

J. Invest. Dermatol., 40, 121– 122., 1963.

One of the first papers on the application of lasers in medicine. In 1961 Goldman became the first researcher to use a laser to treat a human skin disease when he treated melanoma. The method later became popular in removing birthmarks and tattoos without leaving much scarring. With D. J. Blaney, D. J. Kindel Jr., and E. K. Franke. See also Goldman, L., Blaney, D. J., Kindel, D. J. Jr, Richfield, D., Franke,  E. K.,  "Pathology of the effect of the laser beam on the skin," Nature 197 (1963) 912– 914.



Subjects: DERMATOLOGY, DERMATOLOGY › Skin Cancer › Melanoma, INSTRUMENTS & TECHNOLOGIES, INSTRUMENTS & TECHNOLOGIES › Surgical Instruments › Lasers
  • 6942

Biomedical aspects of the laser: The introduction of laser applications into biology and medicine.

Berlin: Springer, 1967.

The first book on the use of lasers in medicine and biology.



Subjects: INSTRUMENTS & TECHNOLOGIES, INSTRUMENTS & TECHNOLOGIES › Surgical Instruments › Lasers