“An oration, delivered before the American Philosophical Society, held in Philadelphia on the 27th of February, 1786; containing an enquiry into the influence of physical causes upon the moral faculty.”
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Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was an American revolutionary, a Founding Father of the United States and signatory to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, educator, and the founder of Dickinson College. Rush was a Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental Congress. He later described his efforts in support of t…
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science · American Founding Father, physician, educator (1746–1813) · chemist · writer · psychiatrist · physician · university teacher · politician · also Benjamin Rush, Dr. Benjamin Rush, Rush
Born 24 December 1745 · Died 19 April 1813 · Q656478
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The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments.
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2026· 4 entries
“The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments.”
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“disease, instead of inviting us [whites] to tyrannise over them [blacks], it should entitle them to a double portion of our humanity.”
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“I have found bleeding to be useful, not only in cases where the pulse was full and quick but where it was slow and tense. I have bled twice in many and in one acute case four times, with the happiest effect. I consider intrepidity in the use of the lancet, at present, to be necessary, as it is in the use of mercury and jalap, in this insidious and ferocious disease.”
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2005· 1 entry
In his 2005 book 1776, David McCullough quotes Rush, referring to George Washington:The Philadelphia physician and patriot Benjamin Rush, a staunch admirer, observed that Washington "has so much martial dignity in his deportment that you would distinguish him to be a general and a soldier from among 10,000 people.
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1965· 2 entries
“s physical system and was caused by malfunctions in the brain. His approach prepared the way for later medical research, but Rush undertook none of it. He promoted public health by advocating for a clean environment and stressing the importance of personal and military hygiene. His study of mental disorder made him one of the founders of American psychiatry. In 1965, the American Psychiatric Association recognized Rush as the”
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The American Psychiatric Association recognized Rush as the "father of American psychiatry"
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1895· 1 entry
Became Princeton University, Rush graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree at age 14
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1826· 1 entry
The 50th anniversary of the signing of the U
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1813· 1 entry
Died 1813-04-19.
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1812· 4 entries
In 1812, Rush helped reconcile the friendship of Jefferson and Adams by encouraging the two former presidents to resume writing to each other.
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Rush helped reconcile the friendship of Jefferson and Adams by encouraging the two former presidents to resume writing to each other
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Rush wrote, "He [Washington] was the highly favored instrument whose patriotism and name contributed greatly to the establishment of the independence of the United States
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“He [Washington] was the highly favored instrument whose patriotism and name contributed greatly to the establishment of the independence of the United States.”
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1806· 1 entry
Rush proposed inscribing "The Son of Man Came into the World, Not To Destroy Men's Lives, But To Save Them
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1803· 1 entry
Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis to Philadelphia to prepare for the Lewis and Clark Expedition under the tutelage of Rush, who taught Lewis about frontier illnesses and the performance of bloodletting
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1788· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1788).
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1745· 1 entry
Born 1745-12-24.
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