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14. From Music Therapy to the Music of Madness
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Preface xi
- INTRODUCTION Benjamin Franklin’s Enlightened Medicine 1
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PART I. THE COLONIST AND MEDICINE
- 1. Poor Richard’s Medicine 19
- 2. In Praise of Exercise 37
- 3. The Smallpox Wars 49
- 4. The Citizen and the Hospital 66
- 5. Electricity and the Palsies 80
- 6. Electricity, Mental Disorders, and a Modest Proposal 102
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PART II. MEDICINE IN GREAT BRITAIN
- 7. Friends and Medical Connections 117
- 8. Scotland and the First American Medical School 133
- 9. Colds, the Weather, and the Invisible World 151
- 10. Fresh Air and Good Health 165
- 11. The Perils of Lead 181
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PART III. LE DOCTEUR IN FRANCE
- 12. French Medicine and Health Imperatives 199
- 13. The Folly of Mesmerism 219
- 14. From Music Therapy to the Music of Madness 235
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PART IV. OLD AGE, ILLNESSES, AND THE DOCTOR’S DEATH
- 15. Bifocals and the Aging Inventor 253
- 16. Skin and “Scurf ” 267
- 17. The Gout as Your Friend? 276
- 18. A Debilitating Stone 294
- 19. The Limits of Medicine 309
- Epilogue: Franklin’s Medical Legacy 324
- Notes 331
- Index 365
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Preface xi
- INTRODUCTION Benjamin Franklin’s Enlightened Medicine 1
-
PART I. THE COLONIST AND MEDICINE
- 1. Poor Richard’s Medicine 19
- 2. In Praise of Exercise 37
- 3. The Smallpox Wars 49
- 4. The Citizen and the Hospital 66
- 5. Electricity and the Palsies 80
- 6. Electricity, Mental Disorders, and a Modest Proposal 102
-
PART II. MEDICINE IN GREAT BRITAIN
- 7. Friends and Medical Connections 117
- 8. Scotland and the First American Medical School 133
- 9. Colds, the Weather, and the Invisible World 151
- 10. Fresh Air and Good Health 165
- 11. The Perils of Lead 181
-
PART III. LE DOCTEUR IN FRANCE
- 12. French Medicine and Health Imperatives 199
- 13. The Folly of Mesmerism 219
- 14. From Music Therapy to the Music of Madness 235
-
PART IV. OLD AGE, ILLNESSES, AND THE DOCTOR’S DEATH
- 15. Bifocals and the Aging Inventor 253
- 16. Skin and “Scurf ” 267
- 17. The Gout as Your Friend? 276
- 18. A Debilitating Stone 294
- 19. The Limits of Medicine 309
- Epilogue: Franklin’s Medical Legacy 324
- Notes 331
- Index 365