Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania press, c2006.
Descrizione fisica:
XIII, 379 p. : ill., ritr. ; 25 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. Introduction: Benjamin Franklin's enlightened medicine. Pt. 1. The colonist and medicine: 1. Poor Richard's medicine 2. In praise of exercise 3. The smallpox wars 4. The citizen and the hospital 5. Electricity and the palsies 6. Electricity, mental disorders and a modest proposal. Pt. 2. Medicine in Great Britain: 7. Friends and medical connections 8. Scotland and the first American medical school 9. Colds, the weather and the invisible world 10. Fresh air and good healt 11. The perils of lead. Pt. 3. Le docteur in France: 12. French medicine and health imperatives 13. The folly of Mesmerism 14. From music therapy to the music of madness. Pt. 4. Old age, illnesses and the doctor's death: 15. Bifocals and the aging inventor 16. Skin and scurf 17. The gout as your friend? 18. A debilitating stone 19. The limits of medicine. Epilogue: Franklin's medical legacy. Notes. Index
