Doctor Franklin's Medicine
by Stanley Finger
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 081223913X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812239133
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing. A fine, fresh, unused copy in equally fine dust jacket. Interesting fore-edge illustration of Franklin. Hardcover. 379 pp. with index, illustrations. Among his many accomplishments, Benjamin Franklin ws instrumental in founding the first major civilian hospital and medical school in the American colonies; studied the efficacy of smallpox innoculation, and even investigated the causes of the common cold. The author examines how Franklin approached medicine in the spirit of the Enlightenment and with the mindset of a natural philosopher, seeking cures for diseases and methods of alleviating symptoms.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E27385
- Title
- Doctor Franklin's Medicine
- Author
- Stanley Finger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 081223913X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812239133
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- benjamin franklin, medicine, cures, doctors, health, colonial,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medicine;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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