Editing 1747 in science (section)

==Medicine==
* January 1 - In France: [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9633794h ''Ordonnance du roi'', ''portant règlement général concernant les hôpitaux militaires''] — Order of the king [[Louis XV]], laying down general regulations concerning military hospitals.
* January 31 – The first [[venereal disease]]s clinic opens at [[London Lock Hospital]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref>
* [[James Lind]] undertakes one of the first [[controlled experiment]]s in clinical medicine, on the effect of [[citrus fruit]] as a cure for [[scurvy]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Carlisle|first=Rodney|year=2004|title=Scientific American Inventions and Discoveries|page=[https://archive.org/details/scientificameric0000carl/page/393 393]|publisher=Wiley|location=New Jersey|isbn=0-471-24410-4|url=https://archive.org/details/scientificameric0000carl/page/393}}</ref>