Medicine
- April 1 - Dr Frances Morgan marries Dr George Hoggan and they set up the first husband-and-wife general medical practice in the United Kingdom.
- Autumn - London School of Medicine for Women founded.
- A. T. Still introduces osteopathic medicine in the United States.
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Famous quotes containing the word medicine:
“Authority, though it err like others,
Hath yet a kind of medicine in itself,
That skins the vice o’ the top.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“God isn’t compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“After you eat always take a walk, and you’ll never have to go to a medicine shop.”
—Chinese proverb.
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