About this title: Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Among his many accomplishments, Benjamin Franklin was instrumental in founding the first major civilian hospital and medical school and 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 ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Date Published: 2006-01-11
ISBN-13:9780812239133ISBN:081223913X
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780812239133ISBN:081223913X
Description: New. Stanley Finger uncovers the instrumental role that Benjamin Franklin-scientist, inventor, publisher, and statesman-played in the development of the healing arts, giving preventive and bedside medicine, hospital care, and even personal hygiene a moder... read more
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