Editing 1936 in science (section)

==Physiology and medicine==
* July 4 – First publication recognizing [[Stress (biology)|stress]] as a biological condition.<ref>{{cite journal|title=A Syndrome Produced by Diverse Nocuous Agents|authorlink=Hans Selye|first=Hans|last=Selye|journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|volume=138|issue=3479|year=1936|page=32|url=http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/10/2/230a|accessdate=2020-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107091947/http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/10/2/230a|archive-date=2008-01-07|doi=10.1038/138032a0|bibcode=1936Natur.138...32S|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title="Stress" is 80 Years Old: From Hans Selye Original Paper in 1936 to Recent Advances in GI Ulceration|author=Szabo, S.|author2=Yoshida, M.|author3=Filakovszky, J.|author4=Juhasz, G.|journal=Current Pharmaceutical Design|year=2017|volume=23|issue=27|pages=4029–4041|doi=10.2174/1381612823666170622110046|pmid=28641541|url=https://escholarship.org/content/qt441957nq/qt441957nq.pdf?t=pewjsu}}</ref>
* December 7 – Streptococcous [[meningitis]] (a condition previously 99% fatal) is successfully treated for the first time with a [[Sulfonamide (medicine)|sulfonamide]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicandhistory.com/music-and-history-by-the-year/197-1936.html|title=1936|website=MusicAndHistory|accessdate=2015-08-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610051422/http://musicandhistory.com/music-and-history-by-the-year/197-1936.html|archive-date=2013-06-10}}</ref>
* American researcher [[Thomas Francis Jr.]] isolates [[influenza B virus]]. Also this year, Australian [[Macfarlane Burnet]] discovers that ''[[Orthomyxoviridae]]'' can be grown in embryonated hens’ eggs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Influenza Historic Timeline|url=https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/pandemic-timeline-1930-and-beyond.htm|publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]]|date=2019-01-30|accessdate=2022-03-19}}</ref>
* [[António Egas Moniz]] publishes his first report of performing a prefrontal [[leukotomy]] on a human patient.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1949/moniz.html|title=Egas Moniz – Biography|last=|first=|website=|publisher=Nobelprize.org|date=9 Jun 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609040416/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1949/moniz.html|archive-date=2010-06-09|accessdate=11 July 2010}}</ref>
* [[Guido Fanconi]] describes  a connection between [[celiac disease]], [[cystic fibrosis]] of the [[pancreas]] and [[bronchiectasis]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Fanconi|first1=G.|last2=Uehlinger|first2=E.|last3=Knauer|first3=C.|year=1936|title=Das coeliakiesyndrom bei angeborener zysticher pankreasfibromatose und bronchiektasien|journal=Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift|volume=86|pages=753–756}}</ref>
* [[Harold Percival Himsworth|Harry Himsworth]] distinguishes the two principal types of [[diabetes]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Himsworth|first=H. P.|year=1936|title=''Diabetes mellitus'': its differentiation into insulin-sensitive and insulin-insensitive types|journal=[[The Lancet]]|location=London|volume=227|issue=5864|pages=127–30|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(01)36134-2}}</ref>