Medicine
- James W. Black synthesises propranolol, the first beta blocker (used for regulation of angina pectoris), which becomes the world's best-selling drug.
- Joseph Murray performs the first cadaveric renal transplant.
- Nodding disease is first documented, in southern Tanzania.
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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)
“After you eat always take a walk, and you’ll never have to go to a medicine shop.”
—Chinese proverb.
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“As there is a use in medicine for poisons, so the world cannot move without rogues.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)