Rush, Benjamin
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1745 - 1813
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Elijah Griffiths notes on the lectures of Benjamin Rush
Item
Identifier: 10a 106
Scope and Contents
Volume 2 (97 leaves) of a set of lecture notes from Benjamin Rush’s lectures delivered at the University of Pennsylvania. Includes conclusion of lectures on physiology (digestion, nutrition and reproduction), pathology (causes of disease), and therapeutics.
Dates:
1797 - 1798
George F. Lehman notes on the lectures of Benjamin Rush
Item
Identifier: 10a 239
Scope and Contents
Three volumes of notes on lectures given by Benjamin Rush at the University of Pennsylvania on the topics of pathology, therapeutics, and the practice of medicine.
Dates:
1810 - 1811
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, [1819?]...
Dates:
1817 - 1860
John Sommer notes on the lectures of Benjamin Rush
Item
Identifier: 10a 104
Scope and Contents
Volumes 2-3 of notes on the lectures of Benjamin Rush delivered at the University of Pennsylvania in 1810. Topics covered include pathology, therapeutics, and the practice of medicine.
Dates:
1810
Jonathan Archer notes on the lectures of Benjamin Rush
Collection
Identifier: 10a 453
Scope and Contents
Volume 4 and 5 of a set of notes taken by John Archer on the lectures of Benjamin Rush, delivered at the University of Pennsylvania from 1796-1797. Topics covered include pathology, the causes of disease, therapeutics, and the practice of medicine, particularly in the case of fevers.
Dates:
1796 - 1797
Joseph Galloway Shippen notes on the lectures of Benjamin Rush
Collection
Identifier: 10a 108
Scope and Contents
Three volumes of notes on lectures given by Benjamin Rush at the University of Pennsylvania on the topics of pathology, therapeutics, and the practice of medicine. There are two sets of notes on the practice of medicine; one set of notes is in the form of questions.
Dates:
1809 - 1810
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
Pennsylvania Land Office land patent to Benjamin Rush
Item
Identifier: MSS 1/004
Scope and Contents
Document from Pennsylvania Land Office, 1809 June 30, conveying Guildhall property in Luzerne Co., Pa., to Benjamin Rush; includes 1793 survey of property. Signed by John Cochran, secretary of Land Office.
1 item (1 leaf): parchment ; 28 x 44.5 cm.
1 item (1 leaf): parchment ; 28 x 44.5 cm.
Dates:
1809-06-30
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, and...
Dates:
1777-1778; 1801; 1803
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
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