Editing 1942 in science (section)

==Physiology and medicine==
* November 1 – [[Klinefelter syndrome]] is first described by American endocrinologist [[Harry Klinefelter]].<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Klinefelter, H. F. jr|author2=Reifenstein, E. C. jr|author3=Albright, F.|year=1942|title=Syndrome characterized by gynecomastia, aspermatogenesis without a-Leydigism and increased excretion of follicle-stimulating hormone|journal=The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism|volume=2|issue=11|pages=615–624|doi=10.1210/jcem-2-11-615}}</ref>
* [[Alfred Gilman, Sr.|Alfred Gilman]], [[Louis S. Goodman]] and Frederick S. Philips first carry out trials of anti-[[cancer]] [[chemotherapy]], using [[mechlorethamine]].<ref>Not published until [[1946 in science|1946]]. {{cite journal|last=Gilman|first=Alfred|title=The Initial Clinical Trial of Nitrogen Mustard|journal= American Journal of Surgery|year=1963|volume=105|pages=574–578|pmid=13947966|doi=10.1016/0002-9610(63)90232-0|issue=5}}</ref>
* The first practical [[oximeter]] is described by [[Glenn Allan Millikan]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Millikan|first=G. A.|year=1942|title=The oximeter: an instrument for measuring continuously oxygen saturation of arterial blood in man|journal=[[Review of Scientific Instruments]]|volume=13|issue=10|pages=434–444|doi=10.1063/1.1769941|bibcode=1942RScI...13..434M}}</ref>