Benjamin Rush (114)

Election date: 1768 (Elected to the American Society.)
APS Office(s): Curator of the APS (1770-1773), secretary of the APS (1773-1779), vice-president of the APS (1797-1801)

Benjamin Rush (4 January 1746–19 April 1813) was a physician, professor, and reformer, and a member of the American Philosophical Society via his 1768 election to the American Society. Born to a modest family outside Philadelphia, his early studies were at the academy of his uncle, the New Light Presbyterian Dr. Samuel Finley, who was an original trustee of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton). Rush graduated from the same in 1760 and began a medical apprenticeship with APS Member Dr. John Redman, before leaving to study at Edinburgh with APS Member Dr. William Cullen in 1766, where Rush took a doctorate of his own two years later. He returned to profess Chemistry at the new medical school of the College of Philadelphia in 1769. His medical practice swelled, and by 1776 he charged would-be apprentices 100 guineas.
This expertise in chemistry and medicine led to multiple wartime appointments. He superintended a saltpeter factory in 1775. His July 20, 1776 election to the Continental Congress led to his being a Declaration of Independence signer (despite not being present at the vote); he became a staunch American nationalist, both in the debate on the Articles of Confederation (1777) and the ratification debates surrounding the more powerful federal government of the Constitution (1787). In 1777 he became the surgeon-general of the Middle Department of the army, becoming soon after the physician-general of its hospital. But Rush disapproved of the leadership of APS Member Director-General Dr. William Shippen, Jr., perhaps owing to the deplorable conditions and lacking reforms. Washington’s repeated defeats colored these frustrations. Rush believed Horatio Gates, victor at Saratoga, ought to lead the Army, and went so far as to say so in an anonymous letter to Patrick Henry, then Governor of Virginia. Henry passed on the letter and Washington recognized the disloyal hand. Shunned, overmatched, and dispirited, Rush resigned from the Army in early 1778. With teacher and friend, APS Member Dr. John Morgan, Rush built a case against Shippen that eventually led to Shippen’s court-martial and resignation.

Rush nursed his wounds from the experience by throwing himself into medical practice and teaching. He became the leading public intellectual in the field: he offered the first American edition of his mentor’s widely reprinted textbook in 1781, before beginning a prodigious pamphlet-writing campaign, which came to collection in his multi-volume Medical Inquiries and Observations. After his appointment to the Pennsylvania Hospital ward for the insane (1783), he medicalized mental illness (versus spiritual possession) and reported his findings and treatments in a widely reprinted work; these experiences reappear, with a thicker coat of philosophy, in a 1786 Society oration on the relationship between the physical causes of morality. He founded and consulted for the Philadelphia Dispensary of the Medical Relief of the Poor (1786), which served ever-increasing numbers year-over-year. Most memorably, Rush was the first to recognize the yellow fever outbreak of 1793. It demonstrated the limits of known medical science but also Rush’s indefatigability. Purgatives and bleedings were his treatment: patients who lived owed it to the treatments; those who did not, had not been treated enough. Whatever baneful effect such an approach had—Rush was roundly criticized by other physicians, and had little data to rebut the attacks—his tirelessness in treating some fifty to one-hundred patients per day transformed him into a popular hero.

Rush joined or supported nearly every reform, benevolence, and educational effort of note. He advocated temperate self-care: cider and beer (versus spirits), healthful dietary choices, and regular exercise. He held office with the Humane Society (1780) to prevent drownings and accidents. He donated to the Pennsylvania Hospital, the Silk Society, the College of Philadelphia, and volunteered physician services for the Society for Inoculating the Poor as well as the Prison Society. He was principal founder of Dickinson College, patron of Franklin College, and a lecturer to the Young Ladies Academy of Philadelphia. He helped found the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1787. His relationship with race and slavery was sometimes quixotic and deeply contradictory. He penned an antislavery tract in 1773 and was a founding member of the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery, later serving as the Abolition Society’s secretary and its president after 1803. He also presented a 1797 paper to the APS musing that leprosy might be the cause of blackness; a cure would render all white, destroy race slavery, and fulfill Christian revelation. And in his Essays, Literary, Moral & Philosophical, he relates a dream: he travels to slave heaven, where they recount the brutal sins of their masters; the only whites are he and Anthony Benezet. But Rush also purchased a child named William Grubber sometime between 1775–76 and held him in bondage until 1793—at the same time he agitated for abolition. As it sometimes did, evidence of genuine affection between Billy and Benjamin peppers the record.[1]
Rush was an enthusiastic APS Member, serving as a Curator of the APS (1770-1773), Secretary (1773-1779), and Vice-president (1797-1801), but also on multiple committees, ranging from the standing Committee on Natural History and Chemistry to one tasked with designing a seal for the Society in 1770. His eulogy of APS President David Rittenhouse in 1796 became a central institutional memory. He was also elected to a variety of other societies: Massachusetts Medical Society (1787), the Medical Society of South Carolina (1795), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Boston, the Royal Swedish Academy of Science, the Royal Society of Arts of London, and the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. He died after a short illness in 1813 and was buried at Christ Church. (PI, ANB, DNB)

For more on Rush and Grubber, see Stephen Fried, Rush: Revolution, Madness, and the Visionary Doctor who Became a Founding Father (New York: Crown, 2018), 290–91, 317, 346, 395; Gary B. Nash, Forging Freedom: The Formation of Philadelphia's Black Community, 1720-1840 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1988), 306n13.


Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.001
An account of the bilious remitting yellow fever, as it appeared in the city of Philadelphia, in the year 1793, By Benjamin Rush, M.D. Professor of the institutes, and of clinical medicine, in the University of Pennsylvania.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, at the Stone-House, no 41, South Second-Street, [1794]
Subjects:
Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. | Medicine.
Record Source:
AAS
References:
Sabin 74198 | Sabin 74209 | Evans 27658 | Evans 27659
APS Subjects:
Medicine
Editions:
2x 1794 (Philadelphia), 2x 1796 (Edinburgh, Tubingen), 2x 1804 (Madrid, Piacenza, [Italy])
Editions Note:

Six editions: two in 1794 (Philadelphia), two in 1796 (Edinburgh and Tubingen), one in 1804 (Madrid), and one in 1846 (Lisbon).

Holding Note: APS holds three copies of the 1794 edition. One copy held by APS was presented by Jacob Snider March 18, 1842, from Library of John Vaughan. Cf. APS Proceedings v.2, p.154. A second APS copy contains the autograph of William B. Magruder and was presented by George W. Corner, July 1981. The last was received as part of the formation of the David Center for the American Revolution in Feb. 2020.


Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.002
An account of the causes and indications of longevity, and of the state of the body and mind in old age : with observations on its diseases, and their remedies.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
New York: Poole & MacLauchlan, printers, 205 to 213 East Twelfth Street, 1872.
Subjects:
Medicine. | Diseases. | Longevity.
Record Source:
AAS
APS Subjects:
Medicine
Editions:
1x 1872
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.003
An account of the life and character of Christopher Ludwick, late citizen of Philadelphia, and Baker-General of the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary War, By Benjamin Rush, M.D. First published in the year 1801 : Revised and republished by direction of the Philadelphia Society for the Establishment and Support of Charity Schools : To which is added, an account of the origin, progress, and present condition of that institution.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed for the Society by Garden and Thompson, 1831.
Subjects:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography. | Philadelphia Society for the Establishment and Support of Charity Schools. | Ludwick, Christopher, 1720-1801. | Charity-schools--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Record Source:
AAS
References:
Sabin 74199 | Shoemaker, Checklist of American Imprints 9050 | Howes R515
APS Subjects:
American Revolution | War | Military
Editions:
1x 1801
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.004
An account of the manners of the German inhabitants of Pennsylvania.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
[Philadelphia: Printed by William Spotswood], 1788.
Subjects:
Germans--Pennsylvania.
Record Source:
AAS
References:
Howes R516
Editions:
1x 1788, 1x 1875
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.005
An account of the sugar maple-tree, of the United States, and of the methods of obtaining sugar from it : together with observations upon the advantages both public and private of this sugar : In a letter to Thomas Jefferson, Esq. secretary of state of the United States, and one of the vice presidents of the American Philosophical Society : Read in the American Philosophical Society, on the 19, of August, 1791, and extracted from the third volume of their Transactions now in the press.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken & Son, Market Street, for a society of gentlemen, [1792]
Subjects:
Maple sugar.
Record Source:
AAS
References:
Sabin 74201 | Evans 24761
APS Subjects:
Botany
Editions:
2x 1792 (Philadelphia, London)
Editions Note:

Two editions in 1792: one in Philadelphia and one in London.

Holding Note: APS holds one copy, from the Priestley Collection, presented by John Vaughan. View Holding


Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.006
An address to the inhabitants of the British settlements in America, upon slave-keeping.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, in Market-Street, [1773]
Subjects:
Slavery -- United States.
Record Source:
LCP
References:
Sabin 74202 | Sabin 74203 | Sabin 74204 | Sabin 74205 | Sabin 74206 | Sabin 74207 | Evans 12990 | Evans 12991 | Evans 12992 | Evans 12993 | Evans 12994 | Evans 14447 | Howes R517 | Howes R519
Editions:
5x 1773 (3x Philadelphia, 1x New York, 1x Boston), 1x 1775 (Norwich, CT)
Editions Note:

Six editions total. Five in 1773: three in Philadelphia, one in New York, one in Boston. One edition in 1775, in Norwich, CT.
Although originally published anonymously, Rush acknowledged authorship in the preface to his Essays, 1798.
The second edition appended a separate pamphlet: "A vindication of the address, in answer to a pamphlet entitled, Slavery not forbidden in Scripture; or, A defence of the West India planters, By a Pennsylvanian."

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.007
The American modern practice : or, A simple method of prevention and cure of diseases according to the latest improvements and discoveries ... to which is added, an appendix, containing an account of many domestic remedies recently introduced into practice, and some approved formulæ, applicable to the diseases of our climate
Creator(s):
Thacher, James, 1754-1844 (Author) | Jennings, Samuel K. (Samuel Kennedy), 1771-1854 (Contributor) | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Contributor)
Publication:
 Boston : Ezra Read, 1817.
Subjects:
Medicine. | Practice. | Medicine. | United States. | Vaccination.
Record Source:
APS
References:
Shaw-Shoemaker 42260
APS Subjects:
Medicine
Editions:
1x 1817, 1x 1826
Editions Note:

Two editions: one in 1817, one in 1826. "An inquiry into the effects of ardent spirits" by Benjamin Rush (p. 104-128) was separately published in Philadelphia in 1787 under title: An inquiry into the effects of spirituous liquors upon the human body.

Holding Note: APS holds an 1817 copy, which was presented by Charles E. Rosenberg in April 2018. View Holding


Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.008
Considerations on the injustice and impolicy of punishing murder by death : Extracted from the American museum : With additions.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: From the press of Mathew Carey, [1792]
Subjects:
Murder. | Capital punishment.
Record Source:
AAS
References:
Sabin 74210 | Sabin 74234 | Evans 24762
APS Subjects:
Law
Editions:
1x 1792 (Philadelphia), 1x 1793 (London)
Editions Note:

Two editions.

Holding Note: APS holds one copy of the 1793 edition: within the Priestley Collection, presented by John Vaughan. View Holding


Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.009
Considerations upon the present test-law of Pennsylvania : addressed to the legislature and freemen of the state.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Hall and Sellers, [1784]
Subjects:
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- History. | Loyalty oaths -- Pennsylvania. | Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
Record Source:
AAS
References:
Sabin 60010 | Evans 18770 | Evans 19230
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1784, 1x 1785
Editions Note:

Two editions, one in 1784 and one in 1785. Attributed to Benjamin Rush by Evans.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.010
Defence of the use of the Bible as a school-book : In a letter from the celebrated Doctor Rush, of Philadelphia, to the Rev. J. Belknap, D.D. of Boston : To which is added, a preliminary discourse, annexed to the Edinburgh quarto edition of the Bible for 1797, giving some directions concerning the reading of the Holy Scriptures : and recommended by the Scotland Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge, By the Rev. Mr. Ostervald, professor of divinity in Neufchatel in Swisserland.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Concord [NH]: Printed by George Hough, 1806.
Subjects:
Education, Elementary. | Bible -- Study and teaching. | Religion in the public schools.
Record Source:
AAS
References:
Shaw-Shoemaker 11305
APS Subjects:
Religion | Education
Editions:
1x 1806
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.011
A defence of the use of the Bible in schools.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
[New York]: Published by the American Tract Society, and sold at their depository, no. 144 Nassau-Street, near the city-hall, New York; and by agents of the Society, its branches, and auxiliaries, in the principal cities and towns in the United States, 1829.
Subjects:
Christian education of children. | Children -- Religious life. | Bible -- Children's use.
Record Source:
AAS
APS Subjects:
Religion | Education
Editions:
1x 1829, 1x 1830, 1x 1832–1838
Editions Note:

At least three editions: one in 1829, one in 130, and one between 1832–1838.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.012
Directions for preserving the health of soldiers : recommended to the consideration of the officers of the Army of the United States, By Benjamin Rush, M.D. : Published by order of the Board of War.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Lancaster [PA]: Printed by John Dunlap, in Queen-Street, [1778]
Subjects:
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Medical care. | Military hospitals -- United States. | United States. Continental Army -- Sanitary affairs. | Military hygiene.
Record Source:
AAS
References:
Sabin 74212 | Sabin 74213 | Evans 16064
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1778, 1x 1865
Editions Note:

Two editions, one in 1778 (Lancaster, PA) and one in 1865 (Boston). The 1865 edition adds to the title: "Published in 1777 ... republished in 1865, for the Union army waging the second war of independence."

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.013
Directions for the use of the mineral water and cold bath, at Harrogate, near Philadelphia.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Melchior Steiner, in Race-Street, between Second-and Third-Streets, 1786.
Subjects:
Harrogate (Pa.) -- Description and travel. | Baths, Cold. | Mineral waters -- Pennsylvania -- Harrogate.
Record Source:
AAS
References:
Sabin 20221 | Evans 19971
APS Subjects:
Medicine
Editions:
1x 1786
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.014
Dissertatio physica inauguralis, de coctione ciborum in ventriculo : quam, annuente summo numine, Ex Auctoritate Reverendi admodum viri, Gulielmi Robertson, S.S.T.P. academiae Edinburgenae Praefecti : nec non Amplissimi senatus academici consensu. Et nobilissimae facultatis medicae decreto : pro gradu doctoris, summisque in medicina honoribus et privilegiis rite et legitime consequendis : eruditorum examini subjicit Benjaminus Rush, A. M. Pensylvaniensis, from his most humble servant the Author
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Edinburgi: Apud Balfour, Auld, et Smellie, academiae typographos, [1768]
Subjects:
Digestion.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74241 note
APS Subjects:
Medicine
Editions:
1x 1768
Editions Note:

One edition. Rush's doctoral dissertation.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.015
A dissertation on the spasmodic asthma of children : In a letter to Dr. Millar, By Benjamin Rush, M.D. professor of chemistry, in the College of Philadelphia.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
London: Printed for T. Cadell, and D. Wilson and G. Nicoll, in the Strand; and J. Johnson, Numb. 72, in St. Paul's Chruch Yard, [1770]
Subjects:
Asthma -- Early works to 1800.
Record Source:
ESTC
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1770
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.016
The effects of ardent spirits upon the human body and mind.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
[New York]: Published by the American Tract Society, and sold at their depository, no. 150 Nassau-Street, near the city-hall, New York : and by agents of the Society, its branches, and auxiliaries, in the principal cities and towns in the United States, [between 1832 and 1838]
Subjects:
Alcohol -- Physiological effect. | Temperance.
Record Source:
AAS
References:
Shoemaker, Checklist of American Imprints 3365
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1832–1838, 1x 1841?, 1x 1848
Editions Note:

Three editions, one sometime between 1832 and 1838, one circa 1841, and one in 1848.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.017
An enquiry into the effects of public punishments upon criminals and upon society : Read in the Society for Promoting Political Enquiries, convened at the house of His Excellency Benjamin Franklin, Esquire, in Philadelphia, March 9th, 1787.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph James, in Chesnut-Street, [1787]
Subjects:
Punishment in crime deterrence -- Early works to 1800.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 67712 | Sabin 74215 | Sabin 74223 | Evans 20689
APS Subjects:
Law
Editions:
4x 1787 (2x Philadelphia, 1x London), 1x 1792 (Leipzig,) 1x 1816 (New York)
Editions Note:

Five editions: three in 1787 (two in Philadelphia, one in New York), one in 1792 in Leipzig, and one in 1816 in New York.

Holding Note: APS holds three copies. One copy contains the inscription: "For William Barton esquire counsellor at law, Philadelphia." The second copy differs from both issues described by Edwin Wolf 2nd in Papers Bib. Soc. Amer., v. 63, 1969, p. 276. The third contains the autograph of John Mason. The essay was included in the author's Essays, literary, moral & philosophical, Philadelphia, 1798 [second and third copies].


Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.018
An enquiry into the effects of spirituous liquors upon the human body, and their influence upon the happiness of society, By Benjamin Rush, M.D. Professor of chemistry in the University of Philadelphia.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Bradford in Front-Street, four doors from the coffee house, [1784?]
Subjects:
Alcohol -- Physiological effect.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74241 note | Evans 22865 | Evans 44963 | Evans 20690 | Evans 22864 | Evans 46277
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1784 (Philadelphia), 1x 1786 (Philadelphia), 1x 1787 (Philadelphia), 1x 1790 (Boston), 1x 1791 (Philadelphia), 1x 1791 (Edinburgh), 1x 1810 (Edinburgh)
Editions Note:

Seven editions. Four in Philadelphia: one in 1784, one in 1786, one in 1787, and one in 1791. One edition in Boston in 1790. Two in Edinburgh: one in 1791 and one in 1810.
The earliest date of publication suggested by Austin; dated 1786 by Bristol.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.019
An enquiry into the origin of the late epidemic fever in Philadelphia : in a letter to Dr. John Redman, president of the College of Physicians, from Doctor Benjamin Rush.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: From the press of Mathew Carey, December 11, 1793.
Subjects:
Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Evans 26111
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1793 (Philadelphia)
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.020
Essay on the propagation of the Gospel : in which there are numerous facts and arguments adduced to prove that many of the Indians in America are descended from the ten tribes ...
Creator(s):
Crawford, Charles (Author) | Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Contributor)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed, and sold by James Humphreys, 1801.
Subjects:
Indians. | Origin. | Missions. | Lost tribes of Israel.
Record Source:
APS
References:
Sabin 17433 | Shaw-Shoemaker 369 | Shaw-Shoemaker 370
APS Subjects:
Native American | Religion
Editions:
2x 1801
Editions Note:

Two editions.

Holding Note: APS has three copies. The first bears the author's inscription to Benjamin Rush and on p.154, Dr. Rush's marginalia, and was presented to APS by Douglas Gordon, March 1973. The second copy bears the autograph and bookplate of Peter J. Lesley; and a third copy.


Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.021
Essays, literary, moral & philosophical by Benjamin Rush, M.D. and professor of the institutes of medicine and clinical practice in the University of Pennsylvania.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas & Samuel F. Bradford, no. 8, South Front Street, 1798.
Subjects:
Slavery -- United States -- Early works to 1800. | American essays. | Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74217 | Evans 34495 | Shaw-Shoemaker 11306
APS Subjects:
Slavery | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1798, 1x 1806
Editions Note:

Two editions: one in 1798, and one in 1806.

Holding Note: APS holds one copy, presented by the author, Feb. 2, 1798. View Holding


Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.022
An eulogium in honor of the late Dr. William Cullen, professor of the practice of physic in the University of Edinburgh : delivered before the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, on the 9th of July, agreeably to their vote of the 4th of May, 1790, By Benjamin Rush, M.D professor of the theory and practice of medicine, in the College of Philadelphia. Published by order of the College of Physicians.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, bookseller at the stone house in Second Street, [1790]
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74218 | Sabin 17861 | Evans 22862
APS Subjects:
Medicine
Editions:
1x 1790
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.023
An eulogium, intended to perpetuate the memory of David Rittenhouse, late president of the American Philosphical Society : delivered before the Society in the First Presbyterian Church, in High-Street, Philadelphia, on the 17th Dec. 1796. Agreeably to appointment, by Benjamin Rush, a member of the Society.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed for J. Ormrod, [1796]
Record Source:
APS
References:
Evans 31143
APS Subjects:
Sermons
Editions:
1x 1796
Editions Note:

One edition.

Holding Note: APS holds ten copies [ 1–7, 8, 9 ]. copy 10 was presented by Edward McLean through Charles Sessler, 1958.


Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.024
Experiments and observations on the mineral waters of Philadelphia, Abington, and Bristol, in the province of Pennsylvania. Read June 18, 1773, before the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia. By Benjamin Rush, M.D. professor of chemistry in the College of Philadelphia.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by James Humphreys, Junior, in Front-Street, [1773]
Subjects:
Mineral waters -- Pennsylvania.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Evans 12995
APS Subjects:
Science
Editions:
1x 1773
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.025
Extract of a letter from Dr. Benjamin Rush, of Philadelphia, to Granville Sharp.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
London: printed by James Phillips, 1792.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74221
APS Subjects:
Religion
Editions:
1x 1792
Editions Note:

One edition. An appeal for funds for the African Church of Philadelphia.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.026
Extracts from Dr. Benjamin Rush's Inquiry into the effects of ardent spirits upon the human body and mind.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: To be had of Benjamin & Thomas Kite, no. 20, North Third Street : and for sale by Solomon W. Conrad, no. 87, Kimber & Sharpless, no. 93, John Richardson, no. 31, and Isaac Peirce, no. 316 Market Street, 1816.
Subjects:
Alcoholism. | Alcohol -- Physiological effect.
Record Source:
AAS
References:
Shaw-Shoemaker 38849 | Shaw-Shoemaker 45598 | Shoemaker, Checklist of American Imprints 21024
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1816, 1x 1818, 1x 1833
Editions Note:

Three editions: one in 1816, one in 1818, and one 1838.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.027
Information to Europeans who are disposed to migrate to the United States. In a letter from a citizen of Pennsylvania, to his friend in Great Britain.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Carey, Stewart, & Co., [1790]
Subjects:
United States -- Emigration and immigration. | United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 34702 | Evans 22390
APS Subjects:
Demography | Commerce
Editions:
1x 1790
Editions Note:

One edition. Erroneously attributed to Mathew Carey by Evans. Reprinted in Rush's Essays, literary, moral & philosophical (1798).

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.028
An inquiry into the effects of ardent spirits upon the human body and mind : With an account of the means of preventing, and of the remedies for curing them, By Benjamin Rush, M.D. professor of medicine in the University of Pennsylvania.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson, at the Stone House, no. 41 South Second Street, [between 1805 and 1808]
Subjects:
Alcoholism. | Alcohol -- Physiological effect.
Record Source:
AAS
References:
Sabin 74241 note | Shaw-Shoemaker 16114 | Shaw-Shoemaker 9288 | Shaw-Shoemaker 21246 | Shaw-Shoemaker 23843 | Shaw-Shoemaker 23844 | Shaw-Shoemaker 26664 | Shaw-Shoemaker 26665 | Shaw-Shoemaker 26666 | Shaw-Shoemaker 32686 | Shaw-Shoemaker 32687 | Shaw-Shoemaker 32688 | Shaw-Shoemaker 42023 | Shaw-Shoemaker 49335 | Shoemaker, Checklist of American Imprints 14018
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1805–08 (Philadelphia), 1x 1805 (New Brunswick, NJ), 1x 1809 (Philadelphia), 2x 1811 (New York), 1x 1812 (Boston), 1x 1812 (Middlebury, VT) 1x 1814 (New-Market, VA), 2x 1814 (Brookfield, MA), 1x 1817 (Springfield, MA), 1x 1819 (Exeter, NH), 1x 1823 (Boston)
Editions Note:

At least thirteen editions: One between 1805 to 1808 in (Philadelphia), one in 1805 (New Brunswick, NJ), one in 1809 (Philadelphia), two in 1811 (New York), one in 1812 (Boston), one in 1812 (Middlebury, VT) one in 1814 (New-Market, VA), two in 1814 (Brookfield, MA), one in 1817 (Springfield, MA), one in 1819 (Exeter, NH), one in 1823 (Boston).
While related to and expanding on Rush's 1784 An inquiry into the effects of spirituous liquors upon the human body, the work is substantively different. According to Early American medical imprints the text first appeared with ardent spirits in the title in the second edition of Rush's Medical Inquiries and observations (Shaw-Shoemaker 9290), published in 1805. Dated ca. 1810 in Shaw, but printer Archibald Bartram, died in 1808.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.029
An inquiry into the functions of the spleen, liver, pancreas, and thyroid gland.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
[Philadelphia: s.n], 1807.
Subjects:
Glands.
Record Source:
LCP
APS Subjects:
Medicine | Science
Editions:
2x 1807 (Philadelphia, Geneva)
Editions Note:

Two editions: one in Philadelphia and one in Geneva.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.030
An inquiry into the various sources of the usual forms of summer & autumnal disease in the United States, and the means of preventing them : to which are added, facts, intended to prove the yellow fever not to be contagious.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Published by J. Conrad & Co. Chesnut-Street, Philadelphia; M. & J. Conrad & Co. Market-Street, Baltimore; Rapin, Conrad, & Co. Washington; Somervell & Conrad, Petersburg; and Bonsal, Conrad, & Co. Norfolk. Printed by T. & G. Palmer, 116, High-Street, 1805
Subjects:
Yellow Fever.
Record Source:
AAS
References:
Shaw-Shoemaker 9289
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1805
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.031
Medical inquiries and observations : By Benjamin Rush. In four volumes.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: J. Conrad, 1805.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Record Source:
APS
References:
Sabin 74229 | Sabin 74241 note | Shaw-Shoemaker 9290 | Shaw-Shoemaker 18548 | Shaw-Shoemaker 26668 | Shaw-Shoemaker 26669 | Shaw Shoemaker 29699 | Shaw-Shoemaker 35819 | Shaw-Shoemaker 35820 | Shaw-Shoemaker 35821 | Shaw-Shoemaker 35822 | Shaw-Shoemaker 45599 | Shaw-Shoemaker 45600 | Shaw-Shoemaker 45601 | Shaw-Shoemaker 49336 | Shoemaker, Checklist of American Imprints 3366 | Shoemaker, Checklist of American Imprints 34062
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine | Science
Editions:
1x 1805 (Philadelphia), 2x 1809 (Philadelphia), 2x 1812 (Philadelphia), 1x 1813 (Philadelphia), 2x 1815 (Philadelphia), 2x 1818 (Philadelphia), 1x 1819 (Philadelphia), 1x 1827 (Philadelphia), 1x 1825 (Leipzig), 1x 1828 (Jönköping, Sweeden), 1x 1830 (Philadelphia), 1x 1835 (Philadelphia)
Editions Note:

At least fifteen editions. One in 1805 (Philadelphia), two in 1809 (Philadelphia), two in 1812 (Philadelphia), one in 1813 (Philadelphia), two in 1815 (Philadelphia), two in 1818 (Philadelphia), one in 1819 (Philadelphia), one in 1827 (Philadelphia), one in 1825 (Leipzig), one in 1828 (Jönköping, Sweeden), one in 1830 (Philadelphia), and one in 1835 (Philadelphia).
Each of the four volumes herein appeared separately (1789, 1793, 1794, and 1796). Volume Three is a revised and expanded edition of his An account of the bilious remitting yellow fever, which first appeared in 1794.

Holding Note: APS holds three copies. The 1805 copy was presented by the author in 1806. The 1830 copy contains the bookplate of S. H. Averbuck and includes the autographs of F. M. Williway and George W. Hatchett. The 1835 copy bears the autograph of George W. Corner, 1947, the autograph of Benjamin B. Appleton, Jr., and was autographed and inscribed to Dr. Corner by Robert M. Yerkes; it also bears the bookplate of Robert M. and Ada W. Yerkes, and was presented by George W. Corner, in July 1981. For the letter from Robert M. Yerkes to George W. Corner, see the APS manuscript collection.


Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.032
Medical inquiries and observations : containing an account of the bilious and remitting and intermitting yellow fever,as it appeared in Philadelphia in the year 1794. Together with an inquiry into the proximate cause of fever; and a defence of blood-letting as a remedy for certain diseases. By Benjamin Rush, M.D. professor of the institutes, and of clinical medicine, in the University of Pennsylvania. Volume IV.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, at the Stone-House, no 41, South Second-Street, 1796.
Subjects:
Yellow fever -- Early works to 1800.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74227 | Evans 31144
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine | Science
Editions:
1x 1796
Editions Note:

One edition. The fourth volume of Rush's Medical Inquiries and Observations. Four others appeared separately before being bundled into a four-volume set in 1805. Volume Three of that omnibus is a revised and expanded edition of his An account of the bilious remitting yellow fever, which first appeared in 1794.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.033
Medical inquiries and observations : containing an account of the yellow fever, as it appeared in Philadelphia in 1797, and observations upon the nature and cure of the gout, and hydrophobia. By Benjamin Rush, M.D. professor of medicine in the University of Pennsylvania. Volume V.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram, for Thomas Dobson, at the stone-house, no 41, South Second-Street, 1798.
Subjects:
Yellow fever -- Early works to 1800.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74228 | Evans 34496
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine | Science
Editions:
1x 1798
Editions Note:

One edition. The fifth volume of Rush's Medical Inquiries and Observations.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush | Member(s): Christian F. Michailis
114.034
Medical inquiries and observations: by Benjamin Rush, M.D. professor of the institutes of medicine, and of clinical practice in the University of Pennsylvania : volume II.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author) | Michaelis, Christian Friedrich 1754-1814 (Translator)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, at the stone-house, no. 41, South Second-Street, [1793]
Subjects:
Medicine -- Early works to 1800. | Medicine.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74226 | Evans 26112 | Evans 32784
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine | Science
Editions:
1x 1793 (Philadelphia), 2x 1797 (Philadelphia, Nuremberg)
Editions Note:

Three editions: one in 1793 (Philadelphia), and two in 1797 (Philadelphia, Nuremberg).
The second volume of Rush's Medical Inquiries and Observations. Two others will appear separately before all four are bundled into a four-volume set in 1805. Volume Three of that omnibus is a revised and expanded edition of his An account of the bilious remitting yellow fever, which first appeared in 1794.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush | Member(s): Christian F. Michailis
114.035
Medical inquiries and observations.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Prichard & Hall, 1789.
Subjects:
Smallpox -- Vaccination. | Medicine.
Record Source:
LCP
References:
Sabin 74226 | Evans 27660 | Evans 22123
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine | Science
Editions:
2x 1789 (Philadelphia, London), 1x 1792 (Leipzig), 2x 1794 (Philadelphia, London)
Editions Note:

Five editions: two in 1789 (Philadelphia, London), one in 1792 (Leipzig), and two in 1794 (Philadelphia, London).
The first volume of Rush's Medical Inquiries and Observations. Three others will appear separately before all four are bundled into a four-volume set in 1805. Volume Three of that omnibus is a revised and expanded edition of his An account of the bilious remitting yellow fever, which first appeared in 1794.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.036
The new method of inoculating for the small pox; delivered in a lecture in the University of Philadelphia, Feb. 20th, 1781.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist, in Market-Street, [1781]
Subjects:
Smallpox -- Vaccination.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Evans 17362 | Evans 46278 | Evans 46565
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine | Science
Editions:
1x 1781 (Philadelphia), 1x 1783 (Ansbach, [Germany]), 1x 1792 (Philadelphia)
Editions Note:

Three editions: one in 1781 (Philadelphia), one in 1783 (Ansbach, [Germany]), and one in 1792 (Philadelphia).

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.037
Observations on the arguments of Professor Rush, in favour of the inflammatory nature of the disease produced by the bite of a mad dog.
Creator(s):
Mease, James, 1771-1846 (Author) | Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Contributor)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Whitehall, 1801
Subjects:
Rabies.
Record Source:
APS
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine | Science
Editions:
1x 1801
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.038
Observations on the changes of the air, and the concomitant epidemical diseases in the island of Barbadoes. : To which is added, A treatise on the putrid bilious fever, commonly called the yellow fever; and such other diseases as are indigenous or endemial, in the West India Islands, or in the torrid zone. : By William Hillary, M.D. With notes, by Benjamin Rush, M.D. professor of the institutes and practice of medecine in the University of Pennsylvania.
Creator(s):
Hillary, William, -1763 (Author) | Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Contributor)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Published by B. & T. Kite, No. 20, N. Third-Street. Jane Aitken, printer, 1811.
Subjects:
Tropical medicine -- West Indies. | Yellow fever -- West Indies. | Slaves -- Medical care -- West Indies. | Slaves -- Diseases -- West Indies. | Medical climatology -- Barbados. | Medical geography -- Barbados.
Record Source:
LCP
References:
Shaw-Shoemaker 23002
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine | Science
Editions:
1x 1811
Editions Note:

One edition. Although first published London, 1759, this was the first to include Rush's notes.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.039
Observations on the diseases of the army
Creator(s):
Pringle, John, Sir, 1707-1782 (Author) | Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Contributor)
Publication:
Philadelphia: E. Earle, 1810.
Record Source:
LCP
References:
Shaw-Shoemaker 21145 | Shaw-Shoemaker 26528
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine | Military
Editions:
1x 1810, 1x 1812
Editions Note:

Two editions: one in 1810, one in 1812.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.040
Observations on the duties of a physician, and the methods of improving medicine. Accommodated to the present state of society and manners in the United States. Delivered in the University of Pennsylvania, February 7, 1789, at the conclusion of a course of lectures upon chemistry and the practice of physic. By Benjamin Rush, M.D. Professor of chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania. Published at the request of the class.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Prichard & Hall, in Market Street near Front Street, [1789]
Subjects:
Medicine. | Physicians.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74208 | Evans 45581
APS Subjects:
Medicine
Editions:
1x 1789
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.041
Observations on the epidemical diseases of Minorca : from the year 1744 to 1749. To which is prefixed a short account of the climate, productions, inhabitants, and endemial distempers of Minorca : by George Cleghorn ... With notes by Benjamin Rush.
Creator(s):
Cleghorn, George, 1716-1789 (Author) | Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Contributor)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed for F. Nichols. Fry and Kammerer, printers, 1809.
Subjects:
Epidemics -- Spain -- Minorca. | Minorca (Spain) -- Description and travel.
Record Source:
LCP
References:
Shaw-Shoemaker 17228 | Shaw-Shoemaker 25094
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1809, 1x 1812
Editions Note:

Two editions: one in 1809, one in 1812.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.042
Observations on the means of preserving the health of soldiers and sailors, and on the duties of the Medical department of the army and navy : with remarks on hospitals and their internal arrangement.
Creator(s):
Cutbush, Edward, 1772-1843 (Author) | Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Contributor)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson, at the Stone house, no. 41, South second street. Fry and Kammerer, printers, 1808.
Subjects:
Military hospitals. | Military hygiene.
Record Source:
LCP
References:
Shaw-Shoemaker 14816
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine | Military
Editions:
1x 1808
Editions Note:

One edition. Rush's contribution, entitled "Directions for preserving the health of soldiers ... Benjamin Rush," comprises 14 p. at end.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.043
Observations upon the cause and cure of the tetanus.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
[Philadelphia: s.n], 1785.
Subjects:
Tetanus.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74241 note | Evans 19231
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine | Science
Editions:
1x 1785
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.044
Observations upon the origin of the malignant bilious, or yellow fever in Philadelphia, and upon the means of preventing it : addressed to the citizens of Philadelphia by Benjamin Rush.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram, for Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, no 41, South Second Street, 1799.
Subjects:
Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74231 | Evans 36253
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine | Science
Editions:
1x 1799
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.045
Observations upon the present government of Pennsylvania. In four letters to the people of Pennsylvania. [Seven lines from Adams]
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Styner and Cist, in Second-Street, six doors above Arch-Street, [1777]
Subjects:
Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74222 | Sabin 74223 | Evans 15589 | Howes R518
APS Subjects:
Politics
Editions:
1x 1777, 1x1783
Editions Note:

Two editions: one in 1777, and one in 1783.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.046
On the different species of mania.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1786.
Record Source:
APS
APS Subjects:
Medicine
Editions:
1x 1786
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.047
An oration, delivered before the American Philosophical Society, held in Philadelphia on the 27th of February, 1786 : containing an enquiry into the influence of physical causes upon the moral faculty : By Benjamin Rush, M.D. and professor of chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania. [Four lines from Locke]
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist, [1786]
Subjects:
Good and evil. | Free will and determinism.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74235 | Sabin 74236 | Sabin 74241 note | Evans 19972 | Shoemaker, Checklist of American Imprints 58305
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Law | Medicine | Philosophy
Editions:
2x 1786 (Philadelphia, London), 1x 1787 (Offenbach, [Germany]), 1x 1839 (Philadelphia)
Editions Note:

Four editions: two in 1786 (Philadelphia and London), one in 1787, in Offenbach, [Germany], and one in 1839 (Philadelphia).

Holding Note: APS holds three copies: two copies of the 1786 Philadelphia oration, one of which was presented to Benjamin Franklin, by the author; a second is inscribed to Franklin; APS also holds one copy of the London edition.


Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.048
An oration, delivered February 4, 1774, before the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia : Containing, an enquiry into the natural history of medicine among the Indians in North-America, and a comparitive view of their diseases and remedies, with those of civilized nations : Together with an appendix, containing, proofs and illustrations.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Crukshank in Market-Street, between Second and Third Streets, [1774]
Subjects:
Indians of North America -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800. | Indians of North America -- Health and hygiene -- Early works to 1800. | Indians of North America -- Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74237 | Evans 13592
APS Subjects:
Medicine | Native American
Editions:
1x 1774
Editions Note:

One edition. The pamphlet reappeared in the first volume of "Medical Inquires and Observations," see Sabin 74226.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.049
A plan for the establishment of public schools and the diffusion of knowledge in Pennsylvania : to which are added thoughts upon the mode of eduction, proper in a republic. Addressed to the legislature and citizens of the state.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson, in Second-Street, two doors above Chesnut-Street, [1786]
Subjects:
Public schools -- Pennsylvania. | Education -- United States.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74238 | Sabin 60393 | Evans 19974
APS Subjects:
Education
Editions:
1x 1786
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.050
Poor Robin's almanac, for the year 1796 : ... containing, besides every thing necessary in an almanac, signs of the times;--and Dr. Rush's plan for preventing and curing the yellow fever. &c. By Robin Goodfellow. …
Creator(s):
[Robin Goodfellow, pseud.] (Author) | Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Contributor)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by John M'Culloch, no. 1, North Third-Street, [1795]
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Evans 28761
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1795
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.051
A report of an action for a libel, brought by Dr. Benjamin Rush, against William Cobbett, in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, December term, 1799, for certain defamatory publications in a news-paper, entitled Porcupine's gazette, of which the said William Cobbett was editor. (Taken in shorthand by T. Carpenter.)
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by W.W. Woodward, no. 17, Chesnut Street, 1800.
Subjects:
Trials (Libel) -- Pennsylvania. | Libel and slander -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 14030 | Evans 37103 | Evans 38371 | Evans 38433
APS Subjects:
Law
Editions:
1x 1800 (Philadelphia), 1x 1810 (New York), 1x 1831 (New York)
Editions Note:

Three editions: one in 1800 (Philadelphia), one in 1810 (New York), and one in 1831 (New York). The latter two were noted by Sabin, alone.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.052
Results of some observations made by Benjamin Rush ... during his attendance as physician general of the military hospitals of the United States, in the late war
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Warrington: Eyres, 1785.
Record Source:
APS
APS Subjects:
Medicine | Military
Editions:
1x 1785
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.053
A second address to the citizens of Philadelphia, containing additional proofs of the domestic origin of the malignant bilious, or yellow fever. To which are added, observations, intended to shew that a belief in that opinion, is calculated to lessen the mortality of the disease, and to prevent its recurrence.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram, for Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, no[.] 41, South Second Street, 1799.
Subjects:
Yellow Fever. | Yellow fever -- Prevention.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74239 | Evans 36254
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine | Science
Editions:
1x 1799
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.054
Sermons to gentlemen upon temperance and exercise. [Seven lines of quotations in Latin]
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, in Market-Street, [1772]
Subjects:
Temperance. | Conduct of life. | Food habits. | Hygiene.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74240 | Evans 12547 | Evans 23758
APS Subjects:
Epidemiology | Medicine | Science
Editions:
1x 1772 (Philadelphia), 1x 1772 (London), 1x 1791 (Litchfield, CT)
Editions Note:

Three editions: one in 1772 (Philadelphia), one in 1772 (London), and one in 1791 (Litchfield, CT). The latter two appeared as "Sermons to the rich and studious, on temperance and exercise."

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.055
Several methods of making salt-petre : recommended to the inhabitants of the United Colonies, by the Honorable Continental Congress, and republished by order of the General Assembly of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay : Together with the resolve of said Assembly, and an appendix by Doctor William Whiting [Photostat].
Creator(s):
United States. Continental Congress (1775). (Corporate Author) | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Contributor) | Whiting, William, 1730-1792 (Contributor) | Massachusetts. General Court (1775). (Corporate Author) | House of Representatives. (Corporate Author)
Publication:
Watertown: Printed and sold by Benjamin Edes, 1775.
Subjects:
Saltpeter.
Record Source:
APS
References:
Sabin 79372 | Sabin 79373 | Evans 14585
APS Subjects:
Chemistry | War
Editions:
1x 1775
Editions Note:

One edition. "An account of the manufactory of salt-petre by Benjamin Rush ..." appears on pp. 8-14.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.056
Six introductory lectures, to courses of lectures, upon the institutes and practice of medicine : delivered in the University of Pennsylvania
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1812 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Published by John Conrad, & Co. no. 30, Chestnut-street ; Philadelphia: M. & J. Conrad, & Co. no. 144, Market-street ; Baltimore: and Rapin, Conrad, & Co. ; Washington City: H. Maxwell, printer, 1801.
Subjects:
Medicine. | Medicine -- Practice.
Record Source:
LCP
References:
Sabin 74241 note | Shaw-Shoemaker 1274
APS Subjects:
Medicine | Education
Editions:
1x 1801
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.057
Sixteen introductory lectures, : to courses of lectures upon the institutes and practice of medicine, with a syllabus of the latter : to which are added, two lectures upon the pleasures of the senses and of the mind : with an inquiry into their proximate cause. Delivered in the University of Pennsylvania.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Published by Bradford and Innskeep [sic], No.4, South Third Street, 1811.
Subjects:
Senses and sensation. | Medicine -- Practice. | Medicine.
Record Source:
LCP
References:
Sabin 74241 note | Shaw-Shoemaker 23846
APS Subjects:
Education | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1811
Editions Note:

One edition.

Holding Note: APS holds one copy, which contains the bookplate and book stamp of the University of the South, the autograph of William Ball, is inscribed by Thomas Clark, and was presented by George W. Corner, July 1981. View Holding


Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.058
Syllabus of a course of lectures on chemistry.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: [s.n.], 1770.
Subjects:
Chemistry -- Study and teaching. | Chemistry -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74241 note | Evans 42692 | Evans 42167 | Evans 18173
APS Subjects:
Chemistry | Education
Editions:
1x 1770, 1x 1774, 1x 1783
Editions Note:

Three editions: one in 1770, one in 1774, and one in 1783.

Holding Note: APS holds one copy of the 1783 edition, which contains manuscript notes. View Holding


Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.059
A syllabus of a course of lectures on the institutes of medicine.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Parry Hall, no. 149, Chesnut Street, between Fourth and Fifth Streets, [1792]
Subjects:
Medicine -- Outlines, syllabi, etc. | Medicine -- Study and teaching.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74241 note | Evans 34497 | Evans 46566 | Evans 47587
APS Subjects:
Medicine | Education
Editions:
1x 1792, 1x 1795, 1x 1798
Editions Note:

Three editions: one in 1792, one in 1795, and one in 1798.

Holding Note: APS holds one copy of the 1795 edition, which contains the autograph of James Mease. View Holding


Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.060
Syllabus of lectures, containing the application of the principles of natural philosophy, and chemistry, to domestic and culinary purposes. Composed for the use of the Young Ladies' Academy, in Philadelphia.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed for Andrew Brown, principal of the said academy, [1787]
Subjects:
Home economics -- Study and teaching. | Home economics -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Evans 45160
APS Subjects:
Science | Chemistry | Education
Editions:
1x 1787
Editions Note:

One edition. Attributed to Benjamin Rush by Bristol.

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush | Member(s): Samuel Magaw
114.061
Thoughts upon female education, accomodated to the present state of society, manners, and government, in the United States of America : addressed to the visitors of the Young Ladies' Academy in Philadelphia, 28 July, 1787, at the close of the quarterly examination : by Benjamin Rush, M.D. professor of chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania : to which is added, a prayer, by Samuel Magaw, D.D. Rector of St. Paul's Church, and vice-provost of the University of Pennsylvania : delivered upon the same occasion.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author) | Magaw, Samuel, 1735-1812 (Contributor)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Prichard & Hall, in Market Street, between Front and Second Streets, [1787]
Subjects:
Women -- Education.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74241 | Evans 20691 | Evans 20692 | Evans 23747 | Evans 23790
APS Subjects:
Education
Editions:
2x 1787 (Philadelphia, Boston), 1x 1791 (Boston)
Editions Note:

At least three editions: two in 1791 (Philadelphia, Boston) and one in 1791 (Boston). Regarding the Boston 1791 printing, ESTC notes "it was issued as part of: Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of. Principles of politeness .. Boston : John W. Folsom, 1791 (Evans 23790),...but evidently not issued separately, though recorded separately by Evans (Evans 23747)."

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.062
Thoughts upon the amusements and punishments which are proper for schools. Addressed to George Clymer, Esq.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
[Philadelphia: s.n], 1790.
Subjects:
Hunting. | School discipline. | Corporal punishment. | Students -- Recreation.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 78619 | Evans 22866
APS Subjects:
Education
Editions:
1x 1790 (Philadelphia)
Editions Note:

Two editions, both in 1790 (Philadelphia, London). The latter appears in Search, Simon, pseud., "The spirit of the times."

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.063
Three lectures upon animal life, delivered in the University of Pennsylvania, by Benjamin Rush, M.D. professor of the institutes of medicine, and of clinical practice in the said university. Published at the request of his pupils.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1813 (Author)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram, for Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, no 41, South Second Street, 1799.
Subjects:
Physiology -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 74241 note | Evans 36255 | Shaw-Shoemaker 18548
APS Subjects:
Science | Medicine | Education
Editions:
1x 1799, 1x 1809
Editions Note:

Two editions, but also issued as part of v. 1 of Rush's Medical inquiries and observations, 3rd ed. (Philadelphia: 1809).

Holding Note: APS holds one copy, which bears the signature of J. Mease. View Holding


Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.064
Ueber die Vortheile welche das Aderlassen in vielen Krankheiten gewährt.
Creator(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author) | Michaelis, Christian Friedrich, 1754-1814 (Translator)
Publication:
Leipzig: [s.n.], 1800.
Record Source:
WC
APS Subjects:
Medicine
Editions:
1x 1800
Editions Note:

One edition. A translation of Rush's "Defence of blood-letting as a remedy for certain diseases," which appeared in Medical Inquiries vol. IV (1796).

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Member(s): Benjamin Rush
114.065
The works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D., on acute and chronic diseases; : with their histories and modes of cure. With notes, intended to accommodate them to the present state of medicine, and to the climate and diseases of the United States, : by Benjamin Rush, M.D., professor of the institutes and practice of medicine, and of clininal practice, in the University of Pennsylvania.
Creator(s):
Sydenham, Thomas, 1624-1689 (Author) | Rush, Benjamin, 1745-1814 (Contributor)
Publication:
Philadelphia: Published by Benjamin & Thomas Kite, No. 20, North Third-Street, 1809.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Record Source:
LCP
References:
Shaw-Shoemaker 18714
APS Subjects:
Science | Medicine
Editions:
1x 1809 (Philadelphia Pa.,)
Editions Note:

Two editions: one in 1809 and one in 1815.

Holding Note: APS has one ocpy of the 1815, which contains the autograph of Obadiah M. Dingée. View Holding


Member(s): William Cullen | Member(s): Benjamin Rush
179.003
First lines of the practice of physic, for the use of students in the University of Edinburgh. By William Cullen, M.D. Vol. I.
Creator(s):
Cullen, William, 1710-1790 (Author) | Rotheram, John, 1751-1804 (Editor) | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Editor)
Publication:
Edinburgh: printed for J. Murray, London; and William Creech, Edinburgh, [1777]
Subjects:
Medicine -- Practice -- Early works to 1800. | Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Evans 17129 | Evans 17898 | Evans 44671 | Evans 22435 | Evans 24236 | Evans 25359 | Shaw-Shoemaker 372 | Shaw-Shoemaker 8269 | Shaw-Shoemaker 10234 | Shaw-Shoemaker 12376 | Shaw-Shoemaker 14805 | Shaw-Shoemaker 25190 | Shaw-Shoemaker 37368 | Shaw-Shoemaker 37369 | Shaw-Shoemaker 43777
APS Subjects:
Medicine | Physiology
Editions:
2x 1777 (Edinburgh, Dublin), 2x 1778 (Edinburgh), 2x 1779 (London, Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]), 1x 1780 (Dublin), 2x 1781 (Edinburgh, Dublin), 1x 1781–1785 (Philadelphia), 2x 1783 (Edinburgh, Dublin), 4x 1784 (3x Edinburgh, 1x Dublin), 1x 1785 (Paris), 1x 1786 (Edinburgh), 1x 1787 (Edinburgh), 1x 1788 (Edinburgh), 1x 1789 (Edinburgh), 2x 1790 (Edinburgh, Worcester, MA), 1x 1791 (Edinburgh), 2x 1792 (Dublin, Philadelphia), 1x 1793 (New York), 1x 1795 (Paris), 2x 1796 (Edinburgh, Dublin), 1x 1800 (Leipzig), 2x 1801 (Philadelphia, New York), 1x 1803 (Edinburgh), 2x 1805 (Philadelphia, New York), 2x 1806 (Philadelphia, New York), 1x 1807 (Brookfield, MA), 1x 1808 (New York), 2x 1816 (Philadelphia), 1x 1818 (Philadelphia)
Editions Note:

At least forty-three editions: two in 1777 (Edinburgh, Dublin), two in 1778 (Edinburgh), two in 1779 (London, Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]), one in 1780 (Dublin), two in 1781 (Edinburgh, Dublin), one in 1781–1785 (Philadelphia), two in 1783 (Edinburgh, Dublin), four in 1784 (three in Edinburgh, one in Dublin), one in 1785 (Paris), one in 1786 (Edinburgh), one in 1787 (Edinburgh), one in 1788 (Edinburgh), one in 1789 (Edinburgh), two in 1790 (Edinburgh, Worcester, MA), one in 1791 (Edinburgh), two in 1792 (Dublin, Philadelphia), one in 1793 (New York), one in 1795 (Paris), two in 1796 (Edinburgh, Dublin), one in 1800 (Leipzig), two in 1801 (Philadelphia, New York), one in 1803 (Edinburgh), two in 1805 (Philadelphia, New York), two in 1806 (Philadelphia, New York), one in 1807 (Brookfield, MA), one in 1808 (New York), two in 1816 (Philadelphia), and one in 1818 (Philadelphia). The work appeared as a two, three, and four volume title at various times and places. The first American edition (Philadelphia: [1781–85]) was edited by APS Member Benjamin Rush.

Holding Note: APS has a 1778 (Edinburgh), a 1781–85 (Philadelphia) which was a Gift of Charles E. Rosenberg, and a 1792 (Philadelphia) edition.


Member(s): Robert Patterson Sr. | Member(s): Benjamin Rush | Member(s): James Madison
406.031
Message from the president of the United States, transmitting a report of the director of the Mint, of the operations of that establishment during the last year : January 7, 1812. Ordered to lie on the table.
Creator(s):
Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824 (Author) | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author) | Mint of the United States (Corporate Author) | United States President (1809-1817 : Madison) (Corporate Author)
Publication:
Washington [D.C.]: A. & G. Way, printers, 1812.
Subjects:
Coinage -- United States. | Coinage. | Mint of the United States. | Mint of the United States.
Record Source:
WC
References:
Shaw-Shoemaker 27226
APS Subjects:
Commerce | Politics | Public Works
Editions:
1x 1812 (Washington [D.C.])
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Robert Patterson Sr. | Member(s): Benjamin Rush | Member(s): James Madison
406.032
Message from the president of the United States, transmitting a report of the director of the Mint, of the operations of that establishment during the last year : January 9, 1811. Ordered to lie on the table.
Creator(s):
Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824 (Author) | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author) | Mint of the United States (Corporate Author) | United States President (1809-1817 : Madison) (Corporate Author)
Publication:
Washington [D.C.] : A. and G. Way, printers, 1811.
Subjects:
Coinage -- United States. | Coinage. | Mint of the United States. | Mint of the United States.
Record Source:
WC
References:
Shaw-Shoemaker 24215
APS Subjects:
Commerce | Politics | Public Works
Editions:
1x 1811 (Washington [D.C.])
Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): Robert Patterson Sr. | Member(s): Benjamin Rush | Member(s): James Madison
406.033
Message from the president of the United States, transmitting a report of the director of the Mint, shewing the operations of that establishment for the last year : January 5, 1813. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Creator(s):
Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824 (Author) | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (Author) | Mint of the United States (Corporate Author) | United States President (1809-1817 : Madison) (Corporate Author)
Publication:
Washington [D.C.] : A. & G. Way, printers, 1813.
Subjects:
Coinage -- United States. | Coinage. | Mint of the United States. | Mint of the United States.
Record Source:
WC
References:
Shaw-Shoemaker 30255
APS Subjects:
Commerce | Politics | Public Works
Editions:
1x 1813 (Washington [D.C.])
Editions Note:

One edition.

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