Benjamin Rush
Subtitle: physician and citizen, 1746-1813
By: by Nathan G. Goodman.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania press
Published: 1934
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
Subjects: Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.; Physicians -- United States -- Biography.; Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.
Description: Early years and medical apprenticeship : 1746 -- 1766 -- A student at Edinburgh : 1766-1768 -- Building a practice : 1769-1775 -- Rebel and patriot : 1776-1789 -- The Army Medical Department : 1776-1781 -- A quarrel with Washington -- Teacher and physician -- The yellow fever epidemic : 1793 -- Further epidemics : 1794-1803 -- Theory and practice -- First American psychiatrist -- Reformer and philosopher -- The man of affairs -- Educator -- Dickinson College -- Last years -- Appendix: Rush visits his birthplace.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [377]-406.