LEADER 04278nam 2200817 a 450 001 9910781614603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-21163-7 010 $a9786613211637 010 $a0-8122-0191-4 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812201918 035 $a(CKB)2550000000050969 035 $a(OCoLC)609362985 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10491999 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000535948 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11335083 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535948 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10547100 035 $a(PQKB)11184850 035 $a(OCoLC)607673262 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8345 035 $a(DE-B1597)449046 035 $a(OCoLC)1013938508 035 $a(OCoLC)1037982119 035 $a(OCoLC)1041976664 035 $a(OCoLC)1046612970 035 $a(OCoLC)1047010421 035 $a(OCoLC)1049611914 035 $a(OCoLC)1054870455 035 $a(OCoLC)979748164 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812201918 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441542 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10491999 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL321163 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441542 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000050969 100 $a20051019d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDoctor Franklin's medicine$b[electronic resource] /$fStanley Finger 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (349 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-3913-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. The colonist and medicine -- pt. 2. Medicine in Great Britain -- pt. 3. Le docteur in France -- pt. 4. Old age, illnesses, and the doctor's death. 330 $aSelected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic TitleAmong 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 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.As Finger shows, Franklin approached medicine in the spirit of the Enlightenment and with the mindset of an experimental natural philosopher, seeking cures for diseases and methods of alleviating symptoms of illnesses. He was one of the first people to try to use electrical shocks to help treat paralytic strokes and hysteria, and even suggested applying shocks to the head to treat depressive disorders. He also strove to topple one of the greatest fads in eighteenth-century medicine: mesmerism.Doctor Franklin's Medicine looks at these and the many other contributions that Franklin made to the progress of medical knowledge, including a look at how Franklin approached his own chronic illnesses of painful gout and a large bladder stone. Written in accessible prose and filled with new information on the breadth of Franklin's interests and activities, Doctor Franklin's Medicine reveals the impressive medical legacy of this Founding Father. 606 $aMedicine$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aScientists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aScientists$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 610 $aAmerican History. 610 $aAmerican Studies. 610 $aGeneral. 610 $aHistory of Science. 610 $aNatural History. 610 $aScience. 615 0$aMedicine$xHistory 615 0$aScientists 615 0$aScientists$xHistory 676 $a610.92 700 $aFinger$b Stanley$01535453 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781614603321 996 $aDoctor Franklin's medicine$93832203 997 $aUNINA