Benjamin Franklin's enlightened medicine
I: The colonist and medicine
The citizen and the hospital
Electricity and the Palsies
Electricity, mental disorders, and a modest proposal
II: Medicine in Great Britain
Friends and medical connections
Scotland and the first American medical school
Colds, the weather, and the invisible world
Fresh air and good health
III: Le docteur in France
French medicine and health imperatives
From music therapy to the music of madness
IV: Old age, illnesses, and the doctor's death
Bifocals and the aging inventor
Franklin's medical legacy.
