02474nam 2200577 a 450 991046216120332120200520144314.01-280-68801-797866136649521-61146-103-0(CKB)2670000000204294(EBL)928505(OCoLC)854520083(SSID)ssj0000681515(PQKBManifestationID)11397087(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000681515(PQKBWorkID)10663397(PQKB)10384482(MiAaPQ)EBC928505(Au-PeEL)EBL928505(CaPaEBR)ebr10568793(CaONFJC)MIL366495(EXLCZ)99267000000020429420120228d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLaw and medicine in revolutionary America[electronic resource] dissecting the Rush v. Cobbett trial, 1799 /Linda MyrsiadesBethlahem, Pa. Lehigh University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Groupc20121 online resource (295 p.)Studies in eighteenth-century America and the Atlantic worldDescription based upon print version of record.1-61146-102-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Benjamin Rush and the culture of medicine -- Malpractice law and Benjamin Rush -- William Cobbett and the scurrilous press -- Libel law and William Cobbett -- Sangrado v. the cloven foot, the trial -- The trial concluded.This study focuses on two critical figures in late eighteenth-century America-the physician Benjamin Rush and the journalist William Cobbett- as they clashed in one of the most important trials of post-revolutionary America, a libel trial that pitted medicine against the press, republicanism against federalism, and privacy against the public welfare.Studies in eighteenth-century America and the Atlantic world.Trials (Libel)PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaHistory18th centuryElectronic books.Trials (Libel)History346.7303/4Myrsiades Linda S481846MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462161203321Law and medicine in revolutionary America2099243UNINA