See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

BENJAMIN See also:

• RUSH
• BENJAMIN RUSH (1745–1813)
• RUSH, RICHARD (1780–1859)

RUSH (1745–1813)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American physician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Byberry township, near See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, on a See also:

• HOMESTEAD

homestead founded by his grandfather, a Quaker gunsmith, who had followed See also:

• PENN, WILLIAM (1621–1670)
• PENN, WILLIAM (1644-1718)

Penn from See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1683 . In 176o he graduated at See also:

• PRINCETON

Princeton . After serving an See also:

• APPRENTICESHIP (from Fr. apprendre, to learn)

apprenticeship of six years with a See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor in Philadelphia, he went for two years to See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, where he attached himself chiefly to See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• CULLEN
• CULLEN, PAUL (1803–1878)
• CULLEN, W
• CULLEN, WILLIAM (1710-179o)

Cullen . He took his M.D. degree there in 1768, spent a See also:

• YEAR

year more in the hospitals of See also:

• LONDON

London and See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and began practice in Philadelphia at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty-four, undertaking at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry class at the Philadelphia medical See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college . He was a friend of See also:

• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790)
• FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
• FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903)

Franklin, a member of See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress for the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania in 1776, and one of those who signed the See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

Declaration of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence the same year . He had already written on the Test See also:

• LAWS

Laws, " Sermons to the See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

Rich," and on See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery; and in 1774 he started along with See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James Pemberton the first See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-slavery society in See also:

• AMERICA

America, and was its secretary for many years . In 1787 he was a member of the Pennsylvania See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention which adopted the Federal constitution, and thereafter he retired from public See also:

• LIFE

life, and gave himself up wholly to medical practice . In 1789 he exchanged his chemistry lecture-See also:

• SHIP

ship for that of the theory and practice of physic; and when the medical college, which he had helped to found, was absorbed by the university of Pennsylvania in 1791 he became See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of the institutes of See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine and of clinical practice, succeeding in 1796 to the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of the theory and practice of medicine . He gained See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit when the yellow See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever devastated Philadelphia, in 1793, by his assiduity in visiting the sick, and by his bold and apparently successful treatment of the disease by bloodletting . He died in Philadelphia on the 19th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1813, after a five days' illness from typhus fever . His son See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard is separately noticed . Another son,- James (1786–1869), was a physician, and author of various books, such as See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

Philosophy of the Human See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

Voice (1827) and See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

Analysis of the Human See also:

• INTELLECT (Lat. intellectus, from intelligere, to understand)

Intellect (1865) .

See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• RUSH
• RUSH, BENJAMIN (1745–1813)
• RUSH, RICHARD (1780–1859)

Rush's writings covered an immense range of subjects, including See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, the study of Latin and See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek, the moral See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment, medicine among the American See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, See also:

• MAPLE, SIR JOHN BLUNDELL, BART

maple See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, the blackness of the negro, the cause of See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal life, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco smoking, spirit drinking, as well as many more strictly professional topics . His last See also:

• WORK

work was an elaborate See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on the Diseases of the Mind (1812) . He is best known by the five volumes of Medical Inquiries and Observations, which he brought out at intervals from 1789 to 1798 (two later See also:

• EDITIONS

editions revised by the author) . See eulogy by his friend Dr See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David Hosack (Essays, i., New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1824), with See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical details taken from a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter of Rush to See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• ADAMS
• ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
• ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
• ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
• ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
• ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
• ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
• ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
• ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
• ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)

Adams; also references in the See also:

• WORKS

works of Thacker, See also:

• GROSS

Gross and See also:

• BOWDITCH, NATHANIEL (1773-1838)

Bowditch on the See also:

• HISTORY

history of medicine in America . His See also:

• PART

part in the yellow fever controversies is indicated by La See also:

• ROCHE, SIR BOYLE, BART

Roche (Yellow Fever in Philadelphia from 1699 to 1854, 2 vols., Philadelphia, 1855) and by See also:

• BANCROFT, GEORGE (1800—1891)
• BANCROFT, HUBERT HOWE (1832– )
• BANCROFT, RICHARD (1544–161o)
• BANCROFT, SIR SQUIRE (1841– )

Bancroft (See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

Essay on the Yellow Fever, London, 1811) . His services as an abolitionist See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer are recorded in See also:

• CLARKSON, THOMAS (176o-1846)

Clarkson's History of the Abolition of the See also:

• AFRICAN

African Slave See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

Trade .