Medicine
- May 1 – The initial case definition of Chronic fatigue syndrome (the "Holmes definition") is published, displacing the name Chronic Epstein-Barr virus syndrome.
- Patricia Bath patents the Laserphaco Probe, a device "for ablating and removing cataract lenses".
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“He said that private practice in medicine ought to be put down by law. When I asked him why, he said that private doctors were ignorant licensed murders.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Good medicine is bitter, but it cures illness.”
—Chinese proverb.
Confucius.
“After you eat always take a walk, and you’ll never have to go to a medicine shop.”
—Chinese proverb.
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