Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Medical Side of Benjamin Franklin, before the Baltimore City Medical Society. This address was published in the University of Pennsylvania Medical Bulletin, and finally I have now republished it, with some slight changes, in its present form. A comprehensive index has been included in order to offset the rather disconnected narrative which is arranged chronologically and not under subjects.