Doctor Franklin’s Medicine.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * Why Did Franklin Think Electricity Worked? As an 18th-Century Physician: Tightened flaccid nerves Increased the flow of the nerve juices Removed obstructions Why Did Franklin Think Electricity Worked? As A Psychologist “As Charms are nonsense, Nonsense is a Charm.” (Poor Richard, 1734) Why did Franklin Think Electricity Worked for Hysteria? As an Empiricist Like most non-university trained “amateurs” in medicine, Franklin was not theory-driven. He took a trial and error approach and was concerned only with whether something worked. Melanc