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Contents 1 Health & Saftey 2 Technology 3 Births 4 References

Health & Saftey

• Jean-Baptiste-Édouard Gélineau introduces the word "narcolepsy".

• July 16 - Dr. Emily Howard Stowe becomes the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada.^[1]

Technology

• January 27 Thomas Alva Edison receives a patent for the electric lamp. Today, touch and voice-activated switches and environmental controls allow people with disabilities to control lights.^{[2] [3]}

Births

• June 27 - Helen Adams Keller - Deaf author and advocate. The first deaf-blind person to graduate from college. She went on to be an accomplished author, activist and lecturer.^[4]

References

1. ↑ "A Female Pioneer: Dr. Emily Stowe." Canadian Medicine: Doctors and Discoveries. 2001. The Centre for Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University. Accessed on July 2, 2008.
2. ↑ Electric Lamp. U.S. Patent #223,898. January 27, 1880.
3. ↑ Thomas Alva Edison. National Inventors Hall of Fame. Accesses March 7, 2008.
4. ↑ Biography of Helen Keller. Helen Keller Services for the Blind. Accessed on February 6, 2008.