Medicine
- March 20 – The United States Food and Drug Administration approves anti-AIDS drug AZT.
- May – The name chronic fatigue syndrome first appears in the medical literature.
- May 11 – The first heart-lung transplant takes place.
- August 31 – The FDA for the first time approves a statin, lovastatin.
- December 29 – Prozac makes its debut in the U.S.
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Famous quotes containing the word medicine:
“I have noticed that doctors who fail in the practice of medicine have a tendency to seek one another’s company and aid in consultation. A doctor who cannot take out your appendix properly will recommend you to a doctor who will be unable to remove your tonsils with success.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)
“No medicine in the world can do thee good;
In thee there is not half an hour’s life.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)