1933 in Science - Medicine

Medicine

  • July 14 - Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring enacted in Nazi Germany 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.

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