Benjamin Rush
 

* 1.born Jan. 4, 1746, Byberry, near Philadelphia, Pa. died April 19, 1813, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. U.S. physician and political leader. He attended the College of New Jersey at Princeton. As a doctor, he was a dogmatic theorist who proposed that all diseases are fevers caused by overstimulation of blood vessels, with a simple remedy bloodletting and purges. He advocated humane treatment for insane patients his idea that insanity often had physical causes marked a significant advance. He wrote the first chemistry textbook and the first psychiatry treatise in the U.S. An early and active American patriot and a member of the Continental Congress, Rush drafted a resolution urging independence and signed the Declaration of Independence
English Related Words* Benjamin
* benjamin alcock
* benjamin banneker
* benjamin britten
* benjamin bush
* benjamin david goodman
* benjamin disraeli
* benjamin d'israeli
* benjamin franklin
* benjamin franklin bridge
* benjamin franklin close
* benjamin franklin norris jr.
* benjamin harris
* benjamin harrison
* benjamin henry latrobe