Rush, Benjamin
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1745 - 1813
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel Coates letter to Joseph Paschall
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/002
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed from Samuel Coates in Philadelphia to Joseph Paschall, 25 Sept. 1793,
describing family matters, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of 1793, and conditions in city during yellow fever
epidemic. Coates lists acquaintances who are recovering, ill, or dead and mentions treating the disease
with specific of Benjamin Rush.
Dates:
1793
Samuel Knox notes on lectures from the University of Pennsylvania
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2/050
Scope and Contents
Samuel Knox’s 1783 abstract of Colin McKenzie’s lectures on midwifery in 1773 and his notes on Adam
Kuhn’s lectures on materia medica and Benjamin Rush’s on chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania
in 1784-1785.Volume 1 contains Knox’s abstract of Colin McKenzie’s series of 19 lectures describing the
history of midwifery, symptoms of pregnancy and labor, typical and atypical births, and postnatal
care.While a student at the University of Pennsylvania, Knox may have...
Dates:
1783 - 1785
William E. Horner notes on the lectures of Benjamin Rush
Item
Identifier: 10a 283
Scope and Contents
One volume (457 leaves) on notes on the physiology lectures of Benjamin Rush delivered at the University of Pennsylvania. Topics cover visiting the sick, the pulse, animal heat, motion, respiration, circulation, the nervous system, sensation, muscles and tendons, sympathy, senses, operations and pleasures of the human mind, digestion, lymphatic system, glands, excretions, nutrition, peculiarities of the sexes, and generation.
Dates:
1813
William F. Houston certificates of membership in the Philadelphia Medical Society
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/197
Scope and Contents
Certificates confirm Houston’s membership in Philadelphia Medical Society as junior fellow, 1808 Feb. 20, and honorary fellow, 1809 Feb. 20. Includes signatures of Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Smith Barton.
Dates:
1808 - 1809
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