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1842 Anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by Dr. Crawford Long.
1886 Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
1946 The "Subsequent Nuremberg Trials" begin with the "Doctors' Trial", prosecuting doctors alleged to be involved in human experimentation.
1987 Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 70 ethnic Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.