Medicine
- December 24 - Henry K. Beecher publishes a paper indicating the powerful effect of placebos on patient outcomes.
- Outbreak of "Royal Free disease" or "benign myalgic encephalomyelitis", strongly resembling what will later be known as chronic fatigue syndrome, among staff at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
Read more about this topic: 1955 In Science
Famous quotes containing the word medicine:
“God isn’t compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“No medicine in the world can do thee good;
In thee there is not half an hour’s life.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“After you eat always take a walk, and you’ll never have to go to a medicine shop.”
—Chinese proverb.
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