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The year 1876 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

1 Medicine

• Patrick Manson begins studying filariasis infection in humans

2 Awards

• Copley Medal: Claude Bernard
• Wollaston Medal: Thomas Henry Huxley

3 Births

• April 22 - Robert Barany (d. 1936), Nobel Prize winner in medicine.

4 Deaths

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