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==Physiology and medicine== * April–May – English surgeon [[Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet|Benjamin Brodie]] extracts a coin lodged in the [[bronchus]] of engineer [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]] using novel methods.<ref>Brodie, Benjamin. "An account of a case in which a foreign body was lodged in the right bronchus." Paper to Royal Medical & Chirurgical Society 27 June 1843.</ref> * British surgeon [[James Braid (surgeon)|James Braid]] publishes ''Neurypnology: or the Rationale of Nervous Sleep'', a key text in the history of [[hypnotism]]. * [[Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.]], argues that [[puerperal fever]] is spread by lack of hygiene in physicians.<ref>"The Contagiousness of puerperal fever". ''New England Quarterly Journal of Medicine and Surgery''.</ref>
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