| Description |
xiii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-364) and index. |
| Contents |
Benjamin Franklin's enlightened medicine -- I: The colonist and medicine -- Poor Richard's medicine -- In praise of exercise -- The smallpox wars -- The citizen and the hospital -- Electricity and the Palsies -- Electricity, mental disorders, and a modest proposal -- II: Medicine in Great Britain -- Friends and medical connections -- Scotland and the first American medical school -- Colds, the weather, and the invisible world -- Fresh air and good health -- The perils of lead -- III: Le docteur in France -- French medicine and health imperatives -- The folly of mesmerism -- From music therapy to the music of madness -- IV: Old age, illnesses, and the doctor's death -- Bifocals and the aging inventor -- Skin and "scurf" -- The gout as your friend? -- A debilitating stone -- The limits of medicine -- Franklin's medical legacy. |
| Subject |
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. |
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Medicine -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Medicine. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Scientists -- United States -- Biography.
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Scientists. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Scientists -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
081223913X alkaline paper |
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9780812239133 alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780812239133 |
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