FRANKLIN BACHE
\fɹˈaŋklɪn bˈɑːk], \fɹˈaŋklɪn bˈɑːk], \f_ɹ_ˈa_ŋ_k_l_ɪ_n b_ˈɑː_k]\
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A distinguished American physician and chemist; born at Philadelphia, Oct. 25, 1792; died there, March 19, 1864. He was professor of chemistry at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (1831) and the Jefferson Medical College (1841). Besides writing "A System of Chemistry for Students of Medicine" (1819), he was one of the authors of Wood and Bache's "Dispensatory of the United States" (1833), an acknowledged authority.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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