The year is 1765! Prokop Diviš, who is not Ben Franklin in disguise, also invents the lightning rod. Mary Bryant escapes Britain’s penal colony. Claire Lacombe fights for women’s rights. Abigail Adams Smith fights breast cancer.

The year is 1765! Prokop Diviš, who is not Ben Franklin in disguise, also invents the lightning rod. Mary Bryant escapes Britain’s penal colony. Claire Lacombe fights for women’s rights. Abigail Adams Smith fights breast cancer.

The year is 1765!&nbsp;Prokop Diviš, who is not Ben Franklin in disguise, also invents the lightning rod. Mary Bryant escapes Britain’s penal colony. Claire Lacombe fights for women’s rights. Abigail Adams Smith fights breast cancer.

1765 - 18th Century Medical Procedures Were Horrifying

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1765 - 18th Century Medical Procedures Were Horrifying

1765 - 18th Century Medical Procedures Were Horrifying