Editing 1873 in science (section)

==Physiology and medicine==
* June 18 – [[Alice Vickery]] passes the [[Royal Pharmaceutical Society]]'s examination, becoming the first qualified female pharmacist in the United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpharms.com/women-pharmacists-before-the-20th-century/alice-vickery.asp|title=Alice Vickery|publisher=Royal Pharmaceutical Society|website=www.rpharms.com|accessdate=2013-07-25|archive-date=2016-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307083353/http://rpharms.com/women-pharmacists-before-the-20th-century/alice-vickery.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''[[Mycobacterium leprae]]'', the causative agent of [[leprosy]], is discovered by Norwegian [[physician]] [[Gerhard Armauer Hansen]]. It is the first [[bacterium]] to be identified as [[Pathogenic bacteria|pathogenic]] in humans<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hansen|first=G. H. A.|title=Undersøgelser Angående Spedalskhedens Årsager|trans-title=Investigations concerning the etiology of leprosy|journal=Norsk Mag. Laegervidenskaben|year=1874|volume=4|pages=1–88|language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Irgens|first=L.|title=The discovery of the leprosy bacillus|journal=Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen.|volume=122|issue=7|pages=708–9|year=2002|pmid=11998735}}</ref>
* English [[allergist]] [[Charles Harrison Blackley]] publishes ''Experimental Researches on the Causes and Nature of Catarrhus aestivus''
* [[Camillo Golgi]] first publishes a demonstration of [[Golgi's method]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Origins of Neuroscience: a history of explorations into brain function|last=Finger|first=Stanley|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1994|isbn=9780195146943|page=45|oclc=27151391|quote=In 1873, Golgi published the first brief but "adequate" picture of ''la reazione nera'' (the black reaction), which showed the whole nerve cell, including its cell body, axon, and branching dendrites.}}</ref>