Editing 1828 in science (section)

==Medicine==
* February 19 – The [[Boston Society for Medical Improvement]] is established in the United States.
* April 17 – [[Royal Free Hospital]], established as the London General Institution for the Gratuitous Care of Malignant Diseases by surgeon [[William Marsden (surgeon)|William Marsden]], opens.
* December 20 – The U.S. State of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] legislature charters the Medical Academy of Georgia, which becomes the [[Medical College of Georgia]], and authorizes it to award a Bachelor of Medicine degree, making it the 13th oldest U.S. medical school and the 6th public medical school to be established.
* December 24 – [[Burke and Hare murders]]: William Burke is sentenced to [[Hanging|hang]] for his part in the murder of 17 victims to provide bodies for [[dissection]] by [[Edinburgh]] [[anatomist]] [[Robert Knox (surgeon)|Robert Knox]].
* F. Maury publishes ''Traité Complet de l'Art du Dentiste'', the first handbook of [[dentistry]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Puschmann|first=Theodor|title=Handbuch der Geschichte der Medizin|location=Jena|volume=3|page=384}}</ref>