Notes on Dr. Rush's lectures, 1804-1805 / by Benjamin Archer.

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Notes on Dr. Rush's lectures, 1804-1805 / by Benjamin Archer.

Two volumes of an incomplete set of notes on lectures delivered by Benjamin Rush at the University of Pennsylvania from 1804 to 1805. Vol. 1 (p. 1-43) contains brief notes on his section on physiology including the pulse and the mind. Vol. 2 (p. 132-260) contains notes on his sections on therapeutics and the practice of medicine.

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Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

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Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 [O.S. December 24, 1745] – April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, and educator and the founder of Dickinson College. Rush attended the Continental Congress. His later self-description there was: "He aimed right." He served as Surgeon General of the Continental Army and became a profess...

University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine.

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Archer, Benjamin, 1775-1845

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Benjamin Archer was a matriculant in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1804, but is not listed as a graduate in the alumni directory. He practiced as a physician in Salem County, New Jersey. No other information about Dr. Archer could be located. From the description of Notes on Dr. Rush's lectures, 1804-1805 / by Benjamin Archer. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122540958 Physician, of Salem County, N.J. From...