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Runes Dagobert D (Dagobert David), <1902-1982.> |
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Titolo |
The Selected Writings of Benjamin Rush [[electronic resource]] |
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Newburyport, : Philosophical Library, 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (550 p.) |
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Medicine -- United States -- Early works to 1800 |
Physicians -- Collected Works |
Physicians -- United States -- Biography |
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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