Huxley was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer in 1960; in the years that followed, with his health deteriorating, he wrote the utopian novel Island, and gave lectures on "Human Potentialities" both at the UCSF Medical Center and at the Esalen Institute.
hˈʌksli wʌz dˌaɪəɡnˈoʊzd wɪð lˈæɹɪndʒˌiəl kˈænsɚɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti; ɪnðə jˈɪɹz ðæt fˈɑːloʊd, wɪð hɪz hˈɛlθ dɪtˈiəɹɪɹˌeɪɾɪŋ, hiː ɹˈoʊt ðə juːtˈoʊpiən nˈɑːvəl ˈaɪlənd, ænd ɡˈeɪv lˈɛktʃɚz ˈɔn "hjˈuːmən pətˈɛnʃɪˈælᵻɾiz" bˈoʊθ æt ðɪ ˈʌksf mˈɛdɪkəl sˈɛntɚ ænd æt ðɪ ˈɛzeɪlən ˈɪnstɪtˌuːt.