Doctor Franklin's Medicine

by Stanley Finger

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081223913X
• ISBN13: 9780812239133
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.4"