Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush (April 19, 1813) was an American revolutionary, a Founding Father of the United States and signatory to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, educator, and the founder of Dickinson College. Rush was a Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental Congress. He later described his efforts in support of the American Revolution, saying: "He aimed right." He served as surgeon general of the Continental Army and became a professor of chemistry, medical theory, and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania.Rush was a leader of the American Enlightenment and an enthusiastic supporter of the American Revolution. He was a leader in Pennsylvania's ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1788. He was prominent in many reforms, especially in the areas of medicine and education. He opposed slavery, advocated free public schools, and sought improved, but patriarchal, education for women, and a more enlightened penal system. As a leading physician, Rush had a major impact on the emerging medical profession.
As an Enlightenment intellectual, Rush was committed to organizing all medical knowledge around explanatory theories, rather than relying on empirical methods. Rush argued that illness was the result of imbalances in the body's physical system and was caused by malfunctions in the brain. His approach prepared the way for later medical research, but Rush undertook none of it. He promoted public health by advocating clean environment and stressing the importance of personal and military hygiene. His study of mental disorder made him one of the founders of American psychiatry. In 1965, the American Psychiatric Association recognized Rush as the "father of American psychiatry". Provided by Wikipedia
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by Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Published 1945
Published 1945
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by Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Published 1970
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by Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Published 1947
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by Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Published 1972
Published 1972
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by Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Published 1969
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by Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Published 1954
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by Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Published 1951
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by Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Published 1875
Published 1875
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by Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Published 1954
Published 1954
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by Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Published 1948
Published 1948
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by Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Published 1962
Published 1962
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by Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Published 1805
Published 1805
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by Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Published 1951
Published 1951
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by Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Published 1948
Published 1948
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by Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813, Webster, Noah, 1758-1843, Coram, Robert, 1761-1796, Doggett, Simeon, 1765-1852, Smith, Samuel Harrison, 1772-1845, Lafitte du Courteil, Amable-Louis-Rose de, Knox, Samuel, 1755 or 1756-1832
Published 1965
Published 1965
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by Henderson, Yandell, 1873-1944
Published 1934
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by Henderson, Yandell, 1873-1944
Published 1934
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by Butterfield, L. H. (Lyman Henry), 1909-1982
Published 1953
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by Adams, John, 1735-1826
Published 1966
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by Adams, John, 1735-1826
Published 2000
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