The selected writings of Benjamin Rush / Dagobert D. Runes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Runes, Dagobert D. (Dagobert David), 1902-1982, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physicians--United States.

Physicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (550 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Open Road Distribution, [2015]

Summary:

Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. He lived in Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitarian and devout Christian, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Rush was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence and attended the Continental Congress. Later in life, he became a professor of medical theory and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Despite having a wide influence on the development of American government, he is not as widely known as many of his American contemporaries. Rush was also an early o

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Contents; ON GOOD GOVERNMENT; ON SLAVE-KEEPING; A PLAN OF A PEACE-OFFICE FOR THE UNITED STATES; ON HELPING. THE AFRICANS - From a Letter to Granville Sharp; ON THE DEFECTS OF THE CONFEDERATION; ON SECURITIES FOR LIBERTY - Letter from Dr. Rush, to Dr. Ramsay; ON PUNISHING MURDER BY DEATH; OBSERVATIONS ON THE GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA; Letter I; Letter II; Letter III; Letter IV; ON EDUCATION; OF THE MODE OF EDUCATION PROPER IN A REPUBLIC; EDUCATION AGREEABLE TO A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT; PLAN OF A FEDERAL UNIVERSITY

THE AMUSEMENTS AND PUNISHMENTS WHICH ARE PROPER FOR SCHOOLS - Addressed to George Clymer, Esq.THE BIBLE AS A SCHOOL BOOK - Addressed to the Rev. Jeremy Belknap, of Boston; ON NATURAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCES; LECTURES ON ANIMAL LIFE; LECTURE I; LECTURE II; LECTURE III; THE INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL CAUSES UPON THE MORAL FACULTY; ON THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF MANIA; ON THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF PHOBIA; THE PROGRESS OF MEDICINE - A Lecture; OBSERVATIONS AND REASONING IN MEDICINE - A Lecture; MEDICINE AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA - A Discussion; THE VICES AND VIRTUES OF PHYSICIANS - A Lecture

DUTIES OF A PHYSICIAN - A Closing Lecture to Medical StudentsON MISCELLANEOUS THINGS; INFLUENCE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION; THE EFFECTS OF ARDENT SPIRITS UPON MAN; ON OLD AGE; SERMON ON EXERCISE; ON MANNERS - Excerpts from a Diary Traveling Through France; DIRECTIONS FOR CONDUCTING A NEWSPAPER - Addressed to Mr. Brown, editor of the Federal Gazette; THE BENEFITS OF CHARITY - A Dream; THE YELLOW FEVER - Some Family Letters; APPENDIX - LIST; Notes; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Copyright

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5040-1306-9

OCLC:

908671631