Notes from Dr. Rushes [sic] lectures, 1797-1798 / Elijah Griffiths.

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Notes from Dr. Rushes [sic] lectures, 1797-1798 / Elijah Griffiths.

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Volume 2 (97 leaves) of a set of lecture notes from Benjamin Rush's lectures delivered at the University of Pennsylvania. Includes conclusion of lectures on physiology (digestion, nutrition and reproduction), pathology (causes of disease), and therapeutics.

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College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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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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Griffiths, Elijah, 1769-1847

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Elijah Griffiths was born on 18 September 1769 in Chester County, Pa. He received his M.D. from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1804. His thesis topic was ophthalmia. A medical practitioner in Philadelphia until 1834, Griffiths also served on the staff of Philadelphia Hospital and was Physician to the Board of Health (1809-1816). He was elected a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on 3 April 1821. On 4 July 1847 Griffiths died in Salem County, NJ. ...