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Dr. Franklin, I presume? The founder who could have been our founding physician

  • Written by H W Brands, Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin
imageBenjamin Franklin observed many things about health, including the adverse effect of lead type.From www.shutterstock.com

When Benjamin Franklin deferred to Thomas Jefferson in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, he did so for multiple reasons. He wished to avoid the annoyance of being edited by the committee of the whole Continental...

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