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Benjamin Rush, civic health, and human illness in the early American republic /

"Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) casts a long shadow over American medicine as well as over the social and political history of the American republic. The Philadelphia physician involved himself in numerous social, political, and scientific projects while maintaining a busy practice and lecturing to...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Naramore, Sarah E. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2023.
Collection:Rochester studies in medical history.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The Education of Benjamin Rush
  • An American Physician
  • Making and Sharing Medical Knowledge
  • Learning from Bodies
  • Explaining Variation in American Bodies
  • Confronting Climatic Ills
  • Care, Curing, and Prevention in American Institutions
  • Prepping the Next Generation of "Republican Machines"
  • Epilogue