BIO: Benjamin FRANTZ, M.D., Waynesboro, 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 167-168
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BENJAMIN FRANTZ, M. D.
1824-1907

  Benjamin Frantz was born 1824 near Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna., the son 
of Christian and Anna (Frick) Frantz.  He began the study of medicine with Drs. 
Martin and Jacob Musser of Lampeter, Lancaster County, the grandfather and uncle 
of Prof. John H. Musser of the University of Pennsylvania.  In 1843 he was with 
the younger Dr. Musser at Bird-In-Hand, Lancaster County, and in 1844 studied 
with Dr. A. H. Senseny of Chambersburg.  He then attended Jefferson Medical 
College, Philadelphia, and was graduated M. D. in 1846 from this College.

  Dr. Frantz at once began the practice of medicine in Waynesboro and was in 
active practice in this town until his death.  Dr. Frantz was a charter member 
of the Medical Society in 1869 and a member of the Waynesboro Medical 
Organizations.

  After the battle of Gettysburg in 1863, Dr. Frantz had charge of twenty-seven 
wounded Confederate soldiers in a school house at Ringgold.  He was a man of 
more than ordinary ability, was an original thinker and a close reader.  He was 
one of the first, if not the first, to use chloroform as an anaesthetic in this 
section.

  Dr. Frantz was a member of the Reformed Mennonite Church and was married in 
1849 to Mary A. Ryder of Ft. Loudon, Pa.