Medicine
- Robert Adams first describes the cardiac condition which will become known as Adams-Stokes syndrome.
- Richard Bright first describes the renal condition which will become known as Bright's disease.
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“Socialized medicine, some still cry, but it’s long been socialized, with those covered paying for those who are underinsured. American medicine is simply socialized badly, penny wise and pound foolish.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)
“Good medicine is bitter, but it cures illness.”
—Chinese proverb.
Confucius.
“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)