Medicine
- Jean Marc Gaspard Itard first recognises pneumothorax.
- Dr Thomas Percival of Manchester publishes his Code of Medical Ethics, coining the expression medical ethics.
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“Good medicine is bitter, but it cures illness.”
—Chinese proverb.
Confucius.
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