1721 in science explained

The year 1721 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Medicine

• The use of ether is developed as a pain-killer.
• Lady Mary Wortley Montagu introduces the Ottoman Turkish method of inoculation against smallpox  - variolation  - to London.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Thomas Guy founds Guy's Hospital in London to treat "incurables" discharged from St Thomas'.^[5]

Psychology

• A suggestion box is developed under the eighth shōgun of Japan, Yoshimune Tokugawa.

Technology

• Richard Newsham of London obtains his first patent for a manual fire pump.

Deaths

• September 11 – Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist (born 1665)

Notes and References

1. Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8.
2. Web site: Grundy. Isobel. Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. 2011-09-27.
3. Case. Christine L.. Chung. King-Thom. Montagu and Jenner: The Campaign Against Smallpox. SIM News. 47. 2. 58–60. 1997. 2011-09-27.
4. Book: Carrell, Jennifer Lee. The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox. New York. Dutton. 2003. 0-525-94736-1. registration.
5. Web site: History of Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation . 2021-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210707082420/https://gsttfoundation.org.uk/about-us/our-history/ . 2021-07-07 .