Correspondence
Subject
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Benjamin Rush correspondence
Collection
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 outbreak...
Dates:
1800, undated
Benjamin Rush Letter and Portraits
Collection
Identifier: MSS 439
Overview
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.
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
Benjamin Rush letter to Mr. Mulford
Collection
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
Benjamin Rush letters to John Morgan
Item
Identifier: MSS 420
Overview
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
Benjamin Rush papers
Series
Identifier: MSS 426
Overview
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
College of Physicians Early Records
Collection
Identifier: CPP 1/001-02
Overview
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
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
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
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
Samuel Coates letter to Joseph Paschall
Collection
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