1563 in science

Overview of the events of 1563 in science

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1563 in science
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The year 1563 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Medicine and physiology

June–October – Outbreak of bubonic plague in London kills over 20,000.^[1]
Bartolomeo Eustachi publishes De Renibus (including his discovery of the adrenal glands) and Libellus De Dentibus (in Venice), a pioneering text on dentition.
Garcia de Orta publishes Colóquios dos simples e drogas da India in Goa, the first text in a Western language on tropical medicine and drugs, including a classic description of cholera.
Felix Würtz publishes his critical treatise on surgery, Praktika der Wundartzney, in Basel.^[2]^[3]

^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 153–156. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ Lorenz, Josef (1940). Der Chirurg Felix Wirtz: sein Leben und sein Werk. Düsseldorf. p. 6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Steinbrecher in Gerabek, Werner E. et al. (ed) (2005), Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte (Berlin) p. 1503.
^ "Jodocus Hondius". brbl-dl.library.yale.edu. Retrieved 3 April 2018.