Screen LibraryDoctor Franklin's medicine
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| Published: |
University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 379 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
081223913X (alk. paper) 9780812239133 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | R |
| CLC: | R-097.12 |
| Call Number: | R-097.12/F497 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [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 therap |