Editing 1933 in science (section)

==Physiology and medicine==
* April 3 – First attempted human [[kidney transplant]], by Dr [[:ru:Вороной, Юрий Юрьевич|Yuri Voronoy]] in the Soviet city of [[Kherson]]; the recipient dies 2 days later due to incompatibility of blood type with the (cadaveric) donor.<ref>{{cite journal|title=History of nephrology: Ukrainian aspects|doi=10.1038/ki.2011.363 | volume=81|year=2012|journal=Kidney International|page=118 | last1 = Khadzhynov | first1 = Dmytro | last2 = Peters | first2 = Harm|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Surgeon Yurii Voronoy (1895–1961) – a pioneer in the history of clinical transplantation: in Memoriam at the 75th Anniversary of the First Human Kidney Transplantation|author=Matevossian, Edouard|display-authors=etal|journal=Transplant International|issn=0934-0874|publisher=European Society for Organ Transplantation|year=2009|pages=1132–1139|doi=10.1111/j.1432-2277.2009.00986.x|volume=22|issue = 12|pmid=19874569|s2cid=12087935 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Klein, Andrew|display-authors=etal|title=Organ Transplantation: A Clinical Guide|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2011|page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Humar, Abhinav|display-authors=etal|title=Atlas of Organ Transplantation|publisher=Springer|year=2009|page=1}}</ref>
* July 8 – English researchers [[Wilson Smith]], [[Christopher Andrewes]] and [[Patrick Laidlaw]] report isolating a human [[influenza A virus]] and its transferability to [[ferret]]s.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Smith, Wilson; Andrewes, C. H.; Laidlaw, P. P.|year=1933|title=A virus obtained from influenza patients|journal=The Lancet|volume=2|issue=5732|pages=66–68|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(00)78541-2|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* July 14 – [[Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring]] enacted in [[Nazi Germany]]<ref>Coming into force January 1934. {{cite book|title=IBM and the Holocaust|first=Edwin|last=Black|authorlink=Edwin Black|year=2001|publisher=Crown / Random House|page=93|title-link=IBM and the Holocaust}}</ref> allowing [[compulsory sterilization]] of citizens suffering from a list of alleged [[genetic disorders]].
* [[Manfred Sakel]] begins to practice [[insulin shock therapy]] on [[psychiatric]] patients in [[Vienna]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wortis|first=J.|title=In Memoriam Manfred Sakel|journal=[[American Journal of Psychiatry]]|volume=115|year=1958|pages=287–8|doi=10.1176/ajp.115.3.287}}</ref>