Dr. John Crawford's letters to Benjamin Rush, 1787-1811 [microform].

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Dr. John Crawford's letters to Benjamin Rush, 1787-1811 [microform].

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Includes letters of Dr. John Crawford, a prominent Baltimore physician to Dr. Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia, the most celebrated American physician of his time and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Crawford discusses medical matters and current publications, as well as asking for advice on specific cases and running a dispensary. Crawford was a lecturer at the University of Maryland medical school, introduced vaccination to Baltimore in 1800, and founded the Baltimore General Dispensary in 1801. As a believer in germ theory, he was ahead of his time. Crawford was also a prominent Mason.

20 letters.

Maryland Historical Society Library

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Maryland Historical Society Library

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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...

Crawford, John, 1746-1813

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