He was known for his research on polio and typhoid fever, and was celebrated as a teacher at Harvard Medical School.
In May, 1899, both Francis and his younger brother John were stricken with typhoid while on vacation in Florence, Italy.
It is believed that the death of his younger brother played a role in Francis’ decision to choose medicine as a career.
Peabody arrived in Peking, China on April 18, 1914, for an extensive medical trip, and after returning home for nearly three years, left for Romania in August 1917 on a Red Cross Commission during World War I.
[2] Dr. Francis Peabody is most often quoted in his essay The Care of the Patient, which first appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
[3] While stricken, on his death bead, he wrote objectively about the effects of morphine, which is also a widely cited essay.