Medicine
- February 26 – A US businessman is diagnosed with the first known case of SARS in Hanoi, Vietnam, by WHO doctor Carlo Urbani.
- October 16 – China becomes the first country to approve the commercial production of a gene therapy. (Nature)
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Famous quotes containing the word medicine:
“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.
Rhyme.
“Good medicine is bitter, but it cures illness.”
—Chinese proverb.
Confucius.