Doctor Franklin's medicine
By: Stanley Finger.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9780812239133
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.; Medicine -- United States -- History -- 18th century.; Scientists -- United States -- Biography.; Scientists -- United States -- History -- 18th century.; Famous Persons -- United States -- Biography.; History of Medicine -- United States -- Biography.; History, 18th Century -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Among his many accomplishments, Benjamin Franklin was instrumental in founding the first major civilian hospital and medical school in the American colonies. He studied the efficacy of smallpox inoculation and investigated the causes of the common cold. His inventions - including bifocal lenses and a "long arm" that extended the user's reach - made life easier for the aged and afflicted. In Doctor Franklin's Medicine, Stanley Finger uncovers the instrumental role that this scientist, inventor, publisher, and statesman played in the development of the healing arts - enhancing preventive and bedside medicine, hospital care, and even personal hygiene in ways that changed the face of medical care in both America and Europe."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.