Medicine
- November - Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic begins in Guangdong Province of China.
- December 19 - Clozapine is the first drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for reducing the risk of suicidal behaviour.
Read more about this topic: 2002 In Science
Famous quotes containing the word medicine:
“In view of the fact that the number of people living too long has risen catastrophically and still continues to rise.... Question: Must we live as long as modern medicine enables us to?... We control our entry into life, it is time we began to control our exit.”
—Max Frisch (1911–1991)
“Good medicine is bitter, but it cures illness.”
—Chinese proverb.
Confucius.
“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)