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==Medicine== * 11 February β [[Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland]] chartered. * 12 March β Appointment of the French [[Royal Commission on Animal Magnetism]] (the Commission's Report was presented to [[Louis XVI|King Louis XVI]] on 11 August 1784). * [[Angelique du Coudray|Madame du Coudray]], pioneer of modern [[midwifery]] in [[France]], retires. * Benjamin Franklin makes the first known specific reference (in a letter) to the wearing of [[bifocals|bifocal]] [[spectacles]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The 'Inventor' of Bifocals?|author=The College of Optometrists|url=http://www.college-optometrists.org/en/knowledge-centre/museyeum/online_exhibitions/artgallery/bifocals.cfm|accessdate=2011-06-21|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613044912/http://www.college-optometrists.org/en/knowledge-centre/museyeum/online_exhibitions/artgallery/bifocals.cfm|archivedate=13 June 2011<!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref> * [[John Hunter (surgeon)|John Hunter]] first describes the condition [[phlebitis]].
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