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Happy 4th . TY Benjamin Franklin

4 years ago

Benjamin Franklin was such an interesting character. He’s one of our founding patriots, he was a great advocate of printing and the press. He was also a naturalist and herbalist. He published many home and herbal remedies for common ailments. Some of those remedies are still applicable today.

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localeater
Original Author
4 years ago
I would link to an article about his herbal remedies, but the I poof.

Google: NPR Franklin Herb
carolb_w_fl_coastal_9/10
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
I think I know what you mean, and I understand Franklin was basically sharing info from other sources in that instance.

And have you watched the latest series about him on PBS.org?
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nini804
4 years ago
Is this really about Franklin, or another ”hidden” thing? I never know what is what on here anymore! 😂
jojoco
4 years ago
Yes, Nini, it is about Franklin and his wide promotion of a book that offered many home medical treatments for everything from gout, to dropsy, to surpression of courses (that last one is the bigee.)

Interesting article. Thanks.local

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