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Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush was a physician, philosopher, educator, anti-slavery activist, writer, and a founding father of the United States.

For an extensive bibliography of works by and about him, see Nathan G. Goodman`s Benjamin Rush - physician and citizen, pages 379-406

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015066059877;view=1up;seq=407

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American physician, educator, author

Born 1746
Died 1813

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  • Cover of: Defence of the use of the Bible as a school-book: in a letter from the celebrated Doctor Rush ... to the Rev. J. Belknap ... To which is added a preliminary discourse, annexed to the Edinburgh quarto edition of the Bible for 1797 ...

    First published in 1806 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Sixteen introductory lectures

    First published in 1811 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Observations on the duties of a physician, and the methods of improving medicine.: Accommodated to the present state of society and manners in the United States. : Delivered in the University of Pennsylvania, February 7, 1789, at the conclusion of a course of lectures upon chemistry and the practice of physic.

    First published in 1789 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: An inquiry into the various sources of the usual forms of summer & autumnal disease in the United States and the means of preventing them: to which are added, facts intended to prove the yellow fever not to be contagious

    First published in 1805 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Medical Inquiries And Observations Upon The Diseases Of The Mind

    First published in 2006 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Medical inquiries and observations, upon the diseases of the mind

    First published in 1812 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition medicalinquiries00rushiala
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  • Cover of: Three lectures upon animal life, delivered in the University of Pennsylvania

    First published in 1799 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: An enquiry into the effects of public punishments upon criminals and upon society: read in the Society for Promoting Political Enquiries, convened at the house of his excellency Benjamin Franklin, Esquire, in Philadelphia, March 9th, 1787

    First published in 1787 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Experiments and observations on the mineral waters of Philadelphia, Abington, and Bristol, in the province of Pennsylvania.

    First published in 1773 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Thoughts upon female education: accomodated to the present state of society, manners, and government, in the United States of America. : Addressed to the visitors of the Young Ladies' Academy in Philadelphia, 28 July, 1787, at the close of the quarterly examination.

    First published in 1787 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Benjamin Rush's lectures on the mind

    First published in 1981 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Appendix: Containing, The new method of inoculating for the small-pox: delivered in a lecture in the University of Pennsylvania, on the 20th of February 1781

    First published in 1789 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Sermons to the rich and studious, on temperance and exercise. With a dedication to Dr. Cadogan

    First published in 1772 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: An account of the bilious remitting yellow fever, as it appeared in the city of Philadelphia, in the year 1793

    First published in 1796 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Old family letters relating to the yellow fever

    First published in 1892 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: An inquiry into the effects of spiritous liquors on the human body

    First published in 1790 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Six introductory lectures to courses of lectures upon the institute and practice of medicine: delivered in the University of Pennsylvania

    First published in 1801 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: An account of the causes and indications of longevity, and of the state of the body and mind in old age: with observations on its diseases, and their remedies

    First published in 1872 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Thoughts upon female education accomodated to the present state of society, manners, and government in the United States of America: addressed to the visitors of the Young Ladies' Academy in Philadelphia, 28 July, 1787, at the close of the quarterly examination

    First published in 1970 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: An address to the inhabitants of the British settlements in America: upon slave-keeping

    First published in 1773 1 edition in 1 language
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American physician, educator, author

Born 1746
Died 1813
Subjects
Early works to 1800, Yellow fever, Medicine, Slavery, Physiological effect, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Controversial literature, History, Physicians, Biography, Practice, Study and teaching, Education, Psychiatry, Temperance, Capital punishment, Correspondence, Epidemics, Exercise, Hygiene, Indians of North America, Insanity (Law), Loyalty oaths, Mineral waters
Places
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, West Indies, British West Indies, Harrogate, Harrogate (Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)
People
Benjamin Rush (1746-1813), Richard Nisbet, David Rittenhouse (1732-1796), James Boswell (1740-1795), John Redman (1722-1808), Julia Stockton Rush, Rush family, Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689), William Cullen (1710-1790)
Time
Revolution, 1775-1783, 1773, 1775-1865, 1793, 1794, 1797, 18th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, Early works to 1800

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  • Benjamin Rush M.D.

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
August 1, 2017 Edited by LeadSongDog Edited without comment.
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July 31, 2017 Edited by LeadSongDog Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import