The flexible urinary catheter. 7. Benjamin Franklin was partially responsible for the establishment of America’s first hospital. Established in 1751 by Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond, Pennsylvania ...

That was a note sent by Benjamin Franklin to his brother John in 1752 along with his latest invention, a flexible urinary catheter. John suffered from blockage of his urethra by bladder stones ...

Benjamin Franklin invented a lot of things—bifocals, electricity, lightning rods, stoves, swimming fins, the odometer and a flexible urinary catheter. Also, the glass harp (or, if you prefer ...

Franklin was curious about the world and ... ways to make clocks and improve bifocal lenses. He even created a flexible steel catheter for his brother. - [Narrator:] And he tried to find a cure ...

In his day, Benjamin Franklin was Steve Jobs ... Invention or innovation: The flexible catheter (1752). When Franklin’s brother has having problems urinating due to kidney stones, the inventor ...