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Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin Rush correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/096
Scope and Contents The collection includes a reply by Benjamin Rush and twelve other Philadelphia physicians, Charles Caldwell, William Dewees, John Redman Coxe, Philip Syng Physick, James Reynolds, Francis Bowes Sayre, John C. Otto, William Boys, Samuel Cooper, James Stuart, Felix Pascalis Ouviere, and Joseph Strong, to inquiry of Thomas Mifflin on 1797 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. Rush maintains yellow fever is identical with bilious remitting fever of warm climates, discusses source of 1797...
Dates: 1800, undated
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Benjamin Rush Letter and Portraits

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 439
Abstract

The Benjamin Rush Letter and Portrait collection, dated 1809, is a small collection that contains correspondence and portraits.

Benjamin Rush was born in Byberry Township, PA on January 4, 1746. He was an American physician, politician and educator who is best known for his activities during the American Revolution and for signing the Declaration of Independence. He helped found the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and founded Dickinson College, located in Carlisle, PA.

Dates: 1809, undated
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Benjamin Rush letter to Mr. Mulford

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/323
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of an autographed letter signed, 14 Oct. 1808, from physician Benjamin Rush, 1746-1813, to a Mr. Mulford. The letter is a prescription sent or given to Mr. Mulford, who was suffering from an ailment affecting his lungs. The letter lists guidelines to follow regarding nutrition, exercise, dress, and sleep. It also recommends bloodletting and blistering in the event of chest pain or heavy coughing.

Dates: 1808-10-14
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Benjamin Rush letters to John Morgan

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 420
Abstract

This small collection consists of one letter from Benjamin Rush to John Morgan, dated Edinburgh, July 27, 1768. The topics of the letter include lectures attended by Rush and his thesis.

Dates: 1768
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Benjamin Rush papers

 Series
Identifier: MSS 426
Abstract Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia physician, in 1745 o.s. in Byberry Township. In 1768, he received his M.D. from the University of Edinburgh. He helped to establish the Philadelphia Dispensary and was a physician there until his death. Rush was also a member of the Provincial Congress in 1776, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and, in 1777, became Surgeon General of the Continental Army. He was a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia from 1787 to 1793.The...
Dates: undated
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

College of Physicians Early Records

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 1/001-02
Abstract The College of Physicians Early Records document some of the College of Physicians' earliest activities, including attempts by Fellows to diagnose and treat the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. The collection, which was discovered by chance in 2001 by College foreman Leroy Green, contains letters, manuscripts, and committee reports. Founded in 1787, the College assembled prominent Philadelphia physicians "to advance the science of medicine and to thereby lessen human misery." The...
Dates: 1788-1847; 1889; 2001
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

George Green papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/013
Scope and Contents The contents of this commonplace book of George Green, Sr., divide naturally into three series: medical lecture notes and examination questions, many from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, 1817-1820; copies or drafts of personal correspondence, 1824 and undated; and poetry, literary sentences, and miscellaneous writings, 1858-1860 and undated. Medical items in the volume include a copy of notes on Philip Syng Physick's lecture on inflammation,...
Dates: 1817 - 1860
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Letters to John Morgan

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 451
Scope and Contents

This collection includes correspondence John Morgan received from medical and political colleagues during the American Revolution. Correspondents include Williams Smibert, James Finlay, Edward Rutledge, William Eustis, Jonathan Trumbull, Benjamin Rush, and Waldron Dumond.

Dates: 1769-1795
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Photostat negatives of letters and documents relating to Benjamin Rush

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 475
Scope and Contents This small collection contains negative photostat copies of letters and other documents relating to Benjamin Rush and his practice in the Army. Letters of Benjamin Rush to George Washington are dated February 13, 1777, May 13, 1777, and August 30, 1777. There are also two memoranda dated December 23, 1777 with photocopy of letter of J. Norcum to Washington, criticizing Rush, dated December 29, 1777. Letters from George Washington to Benjamin Rush are dated May 16, 1777, September 4, 1777,...
Dates: 1777-1778; 1801; 1803
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Robert Abbe papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/146
Content Description

This collection was assembled by Robert Abbe and contains scrapbooks and other memoranda relating to Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, Joseph Lister, Edward Jenner, and Benjamin Rush. Included in the scrapbooks are correspondence, portraits, and newslippings. For a more detailed description of the materials included, please the "Scope and Content" note for each item.

Dates: 1781 - 1927
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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