BIO: Franklin D. BENEDICT, M.D., Quincy, Franklin County, PA

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Medical Men of Franklin County, 1750-1925 by Ambrose Watts Thrush, M.D.;
Chambersburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Franklin County, Page 288
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FRANKLIN D. BENEDICT, M. D.

  Franklin D. Benedict was born December 23, 1889, in Quincy Township, the son 
of George D. and Ellen M. (Duffield) Benedict.  He received his preliminary 
education at Quincy High School, the Cumberland Valley State Normal School and 
at Perkiomen Boys School.  He then began the study of medicine and was graduated 
M. D. in 1914 from the Medical Department of Temple University, Philadelphia, 
Pa.

  Dr. Benedict served as intern in the Samaritan Hospital for one year and since 
has been in general practice of medicine in Philadelphia.  He is now 
Demonstrator of Obstetrics in the Medical Department of Temple University and 
during the World War served as First Lieutenant for twenty-two months in the 
Medical Corps, U. S. A.

  He married in 1922, Margaret Severson and resides in Philadelphia, Pa.