The first reference to terrorism in 1790 pertained to

The first reference to terrorism in 1790 pertained to governmental terrorism. Those who mentioned claimed that governments approved and used terror to subdue citizens to their will. It is a type of psychological warfare particularly utilized by a standing government against its own kin or others, keeping in mind the end goal to threaten them into accommodation.

Do you have more info about it ? i doubt this is the answer because i don't have all the information but if trouble was brewing in a clinic maybe it was an argument as to which clinic was better or smth of that nature