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Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pa.
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...
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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
Includes bibliographical references (S. [331]-364) and index
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.
