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Dr. Benjamin Rush : the founding father who healed a wounded nation
- Title
- Dr. Benjamin Rush : the founding father who healed a wounded nation / Harlow Giles Unger.
- Author
- Unger, Harlow G., 1931-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Da Capo Press, 2018.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 18-9370 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 300 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "A revealing biography of Dr. Benjamin Rush--fiery signer of the Declaration of Independence, prominent physician, ardent politician, zealous social reformer, passionate humanitarian, and dedicated educator."--Provided by publisher.
- Alternative Title
- Founding father who healed a wounded nation
- Subjects
- Physicians
- College teachers
- United States
- Revolutionaries
- Statesmen
- Social reformers
- Physicians > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography
- University of Pennsylvania
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
- 1775-1783
- Universities and colleges > Faculty
- Biographies
- Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
- Biography
- HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- Philadelphia (Pa.) > Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients)
- University of Pennsylvania Faculty > Biography
- United States Declaration of Independence > Signers > Biography
- Declaration of Independence (United States)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783
- Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
- Revolutionaries > United States > Biography
- Statesmen > United States > Biography
- College teachers > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography
- Politics and government
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- Social reformers > United States > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-291) and index.
- Contents
- The making of a physician -- The making of a patriot -- Broken by a cannon ball -- The Revolution is not over -- My friends in jails -- Murder by war -- Hundred days of doom -- "You cannot die now, doctor!" -- Bleed, bleed, bleed -- Father of psychiatry -- On the causes of death -- Healing the last wound -- Post mortem -- Appendix A. Selected writings of Benjamin Rush by topic -- Appendix B. Medical inquiries and observations by Benjamin Rush -- Appendix C. Essays: literary, moral & philosophical -- Appendix D. Thomas Jefferson's syllabus of an estimate of the merit of the doctrines of Jesus, compared with those of others.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-9370
- ISBN
- 9780306824326
- 0306824329
- LCCN
- 2018012566
- OCLC
- 1029074734
- Author
- Unger, Harlow G., 1931-
- Title
- Dr. Benjamin Rush : the founding father who healed a wounded nation / Harlow Giles Unger.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Da Capo Press, 2018.
- Edition
- First Da Xapo press edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-291) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1775-1783
- Other Form:
- Online version: Unger, Harlow G., 1931- Dr. Benjamin Rush First Da Xapo press edition. New York, NY : Da Capo Press, [2018] 9780306824333 (DLC) 2018012680
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-9370