Editing 1714 in science (section)

==Medicine==
* April 14 – [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain]], performs the last [[Touch piece#Healing of the King's or Queen's Evil|touching]] for the "[[King's evil]]".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Werrett|first=Simon|title=Healing the Nation's Wounds: Royal Ritual and Experimental Philosophy in Restoration England|journal=History of Science|volume=38|year=2000|pages=377–99|bibcode=2000HisSc..38..377W}}</ref>
* [[Dominique Anel]] uses the first fine-pointed [[syringe]] in [[surgery]], later known as "Anel's syringe".
* [[Herman Boerhaave]] introduces a modern system of clinical teaching at the [[University of Leiden]].
* The anatomical engravings of [[Bartolomeo Eustachi]] (died 1574) are published for the first time as ''Tabulae anatomicae'' by [[Giovanni Maria Lancisi]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=B. G.|last1=Firkin|first2=J. A.|last2=Whitworth|title=Dictionary of Medical Eponyms|edition=2nd|page=225|location=New York|publisher=Parthenon Publishing Group|year=1996|isbn=1-85070-477-5}}</ref>