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[8] Prints were issued in sets of five every month or two in cases[9] and each set usually included one very large bird, one medium-sized bird, and three small birds[8] In 1838, at the end of the thirteen-year project, 435 plates (87 sets of five) had been issued at a total cost of $870 or 175 British guineas (£18375)[4] The plates were published unbound and without any text to avoid having to furnish free copies to the public libraries in England.” Other specialists used lasers to perform a similar operation, but Krasnov says these “hot” lasers actually burn the hole in the eye and increase the tendency for scar tissue to form His “cool” or “Q-switched” laser is said to vaporize the tissue without burning because its pulses are so much more powerful and short-lived He asserts that the “laser treatment is much safer” than the drops glaucoma victims usually use, “and there’s no nuisance about carrying drops and keeping to a schedule” The Price of Fame ◆ Actress Farrah Fawcett-Majors recently commented on what it is like to be famous.