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1875
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Government & Advocacy
- October 1 - The first law against the adulteration of food, known as The Sale of Food and Drugs Act of 1875 goes into effect in Great Britain.[1]
Science
- Richard Caton is the first to record electrical activity from the brain
Deaths
- September 15 - Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne - French neurologist, credited with the discovery of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy[1] and Progressive bulbar palsy.
References
- ↑ The Sale of Food and Drugs Act. 38 & 39 Vict. Ch.63
