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==Medicine== * April β [[Abraham Colles]] publishes "On the Fracture of the Carpal Extremity of the [[Radius (bone)|Radius]]" in the ''Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal'', describing the injury which continues to be known as [[Colles' fracture]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Boylan|first=Henry|year=1998|title=A Dictionary of Irish Biography|edition=3rd|page=73|location=Dublin|publisher=Gill & Macmillan|isbn=0-7171-2945-4}}</ref> * October 23 β [[Joseph Constantine Carpue|Joseph Carpue]] performs [[plastic surgery]] on the nose.<ref>Carpue, J. C. "Account of Two Successful Operations for Restoring a Lost Nose from the Integument of the Forehead". 1816.</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref>
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