How advances in light technology have shaped ENT.
J Laryngol Otol
; 130(2): 112-5, 2016 Feb.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26669735
The development of light technologies, allowing anatomical visualisation of otherwise hidden structures, led to significant advances in ENT in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Natural light from the sun, and from candles, was initially harnessed using mirrors. Later, the invention of limelight and electricity preceded the emergence of the modern-day endoscope, which, in tandem with the discovery of coherent fibre-optics in the 1950s, significantly expanded the surgical repertoire available to otolaryngologists. This study aimed to trace the rich history of ENT through the specialty's use of light.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Otolaryngology
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Lighting
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Biomedical Technology
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Fiber Optic Technology
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Laryngol Otol
Year:
2016
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Article