Physiology and Medicine
- November 25 - Auguste Deter is first examined by Dr Alois Alzheimer in Frankfort leading to a diagnosis of the condition that will carry his name.
- Jokichi Takamine isolates and names adrenaline from mammalian organs.
- Ivan Pavlov develops the theory of the "conditional reflex".
- Georg Kelling of Dresden performs the first "coelioscopy" (laparoscopic surgery), on a dog.
- William C. Gorgas controls the spread of yellow fever in Cuba by a mosquito eradication program.
- An improved sphygmomanometer, for the measurement of blood pressure, is invented and popularized by Harvey Cushing.
- Karl Landsteiner discovers the existence of different human blood types
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