Account of the yellow fever of 1794 as it appeared in Baltimore ... in a series of letters to Dr. Benjamin Rush / Thomas Drysdale, 1794.

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Account of the yellow fever of 1794 as it appeared in Baltimore ... in a series of letters to Dr. Benjamin Rush / Thomas Drysdale, 1794.

Ms. is prefaced with an autographed letter from Dr. Rush to John Redman Coxe, dated July 31, 1804, transmitting ms. for publication in the Philadelphia Medical Museum.

318, [6] p. ; 25 cm.

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National Library 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...

Drysdale, Thomas, 1770-1798

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Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864

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John Redman Coxe was born in Trenton, New Jersey, the son of Daniel and Sarah Redman Coxe, and the grandson of Philadelphia physician John Redman. Coxe received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1794 and after additional study in Europe, established his practice in Philadelphia. He also taught at the University of Pennsylvania, wrote on medical topics, and edited medical journals and books. He was married to Sarah Cox; they had ten children. Winterthur Museum has an etchi...