1865

Semmelweis dies of blood poisoning (pyemia) in Viennese asylum (Truax, 95; Walker, 73; Simpson, 214; Fitzharris, 159ff.); Claude Bernard publishes Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine (Olmsted, 131). Mackenzie publishes The Use of the Laryngoscope in Diseases of the Throat (Stevenson[2], 11, 40).