Benjamin Rush, M.D. A Bibliographic Guide

Subjects:

• History » American History -- Colonial Era
• Science » Science (General)
• History » American History -- Nineteenth Century

Awards:

• Reference and User Services Association of the ALA (RUSA), Best Bibliographies in History, 1997

Reviews:

• Few men have had as great an impact on their country as Benjamin Rush, yet many have never heard of this influential doctor, who at the time of his death in 1813 was the most celebrated physician in the US. Not only was Rush famous for his work in epidemic diseases, especially yellow fever, he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a member of the Continental Congress, a prolific author, and was considered by many to be the father of American psychiatry. To facilitate research, the compilers of this guide have assembled materials written by Rush as well as those written about him....This overview of Rush does much to discredit his detractors and show his wide-ranging influence on life in the formative years of the US.
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• [E]asily intelligible to those for whose use [it] is intended...and has a system which explains itself and is always and constantly visible.
  —The Eighteenth Century: A Current Biography 2003
• This is an outstanding comprehensive bibliography of the venerable eighteenth-century Pennsylvania physician and statesman....Consider this an essential guide for academic libraries.
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Table of Contents:

• Foreword by Thomas A. Horrocks
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Method and Organization
• The Published Writings of Benjamin Rush
• Publications Relating to Benjamin Rush
• Title Index
• General Index
• Author Index
• General Index