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Benjamin Rush:
Patriot and Physician
by Alyn Brodsky
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Truman Talley Books
1st edition
(June 1, 2004)
If Benjamin Rush isn't a household word, that isn't for lack of a written record.
According to Brodsky, Rush wrote no fewer than 2,000 pages of published letters and essays,
and hundreds of unpublished pieces are scattered worldwide in public and private collections.
Why isn't he as famous as his fellow Declaration of Independence signers? Perhaps because every
time he could have endeared himself to those who might perpetuate his name, he seemed to irritate
them. Years before it was fashionable, Rush vociferously condemned slavery and held progressive
ideas about public education, educating women, religion, and independence.
As a physician and teacher, he eschewed popular medical theories about treatment of the mentally
ill, physiology, and the origin and treatment of physiological disease, alienating many powerful
and prominent people who clung to archaic notions.
Furthermore, because he lacked the social connections necessary to establish a more prosperous
clientele, his medical practice focused on the poor. Brodsky draws heavily from Rush's massive
self-documentation to paint a compelling portrait of this medical and social activist.
Condition: Gently read, dust jacket has minor shelf-wear.
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