Benjamin Rush
1745-1813
American Physician, Politician and Medical Educator
Benjamin Rush was the most prominent American physician of his day. He was the first professor of medical chemistry in Ameri...
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Benjamin Rush
Born December 24, 1745Byberry, PennsylvaniaDied April 19, 1813Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Physician, educator, writer, reformer, political leader
"The American war is over: but tha...
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Benjamin Rush (1745-1813), physician, patriot, and humanitarian, represented the epitome of the versatile, wide-ranging physician in America. He insisted on a theoretical structure for medical practic...
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Benjamin Rush, Physician, scientist, educator, and essayist, was born in Byberry Township near Philadelphia, the son of Susanna Hall Harvey and her second husband, John Rush, a gunsmith and farmer. Ru...
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Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush