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Benjamin Rush
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American physician, educator, and author (1746-1813)

Also known as: Dr. Benjamin Rush, Бенджамин Раш, بنجامين راش, 벤저민 러시, ベンジャミン・ラッシュ, 班傑明·魯殊

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Known works

  • Medical inquiries and observations
  • An account of the bilious remitting yellow fever
  • Directions for preserving the health of soldiers
  • Medical inquiries and observations upon the diseases of the mind
  • An oration, delivered February 4, 1774, before the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia