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1885 in science
The year 1885 in science and technology consisted of many events, some of which are listed below.
See also: 1884 in science, other events of 1885, 1886 in science, and the list of years in science.
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Medicine
- July 6 - Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
Awards
Births
- October 7 - Niels Bohr, Danish physicist († 1962)
- October 23 - Jan Czochralski discoverer of the Czochralski process for growing crystals († 1953)
Deaths
- June 12 - Fleeming Jenkin, engineer (* 1833)
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