Scrapbook relating to Dr. Daniel Brainard.

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Scrapbook relating to Dr. Daniel Brainard.

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Daniel Brainard.

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Chicago History Museum

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Chicago History Museum

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Brainard, Daniel, 1812-1866

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Rush Medical College

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Rush Medical College was one of the first medical schools founded west of Ohio. It was named by its founder, Dr. Daniel Brainard, in honor of Benjamin Rush, M.D., the physician-statesman who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. During the nineteenth century, Rush grew quickly, paralleling Chicago's rapid growth as a major urban center. In the manner of most medical schools in the 1800's, Rush was a proprietary institution owned and operated by a group of phys...