Editing 1988 in science (section)

==Physiology and medicine==
* May 1 – The initial case definition of [[Chronic fatigue syndrome]] (the "[[Clinical descriptions of chronic fatigue syndrome#Holmes|Holmes definition]]") is published, displacing the name ''[[Chronic Epstein-Barr virus|Chronic Epstein-Barr virus syndrome]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Holmes, Gary P.|title=Chronic fatigue syndrome: a working case definition|journal=[[Annals of Internal Medicine]]|volume=108|issue=3|pages=387–9|year=1988|pmid=2829679|doi=10.7326/0003-4819-108-3-387|display-authors=etal}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last2=Sharpe|first2=Michael|last1=Campling|first1=Frankie|title=Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME)|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2000|pages=14–15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_LqAIK616lgC&pg=PA14|isbn=0-19-263049-0|access-date=2008-04-02}}</ref>
* August 13 – 2nd [[International Studies of Infarct Survival]] (ISIS-2) demonstrates beneficial effects of [[aspirin]] in treatment of [[myocardial infarction]].<ref>{{cite journal|year=1988|author=ISIS-2 (Second International Study of lnfarct Survival) Collaborative Group|title=Randomised Trial of Intravenous Streptokinase, Oral Aspirin, Both, or Neither Among 17 187 Cases of Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction: ISIS-2|journal=[[The Lancet]]|volume=332|pages=349–360|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(88)92833-4|issue=8607|pmid=2899772|s2cid=21071664 }}</ref>
* [[Patricia Bath]] [[patent]]s the Laserphaco Probe, a device "for ablating and removing [[cataract]] lenses".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wilson|first1=Donald|first2=Jane|last2=Wilson|title=The Pride of African American History|year=2003|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4107-2873-9|page=25}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Henderson|first=Susan K.|title=African-American Inventors III|year=1998|publisher=Capstone Press|isbn=978-1-56065-698-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/africanamericani00hend/page/9 9–13]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/africanamericani00hend/page/9}}</ref>