Introduction
Rush, Benjamin (1745-1813) was born in a farmer's family near Philadelphia. Educated at the College of New Jersey, and then studied medicine at the 1766-1768 bienniums at Edinburgh University under the direction of Dr. J. Redman in 1768-1769 in a hospital in London. Rapprochement with Franklin and chat with radical elements (during his stay in London) contributed to the development and strengthening at Rush republican views. In 1769, Rush began practicing medicine in Philadelphia, and provided medical aid to mostly poor. The result of his teaching was a course of lectures "A syllabus of a Course of Lectures on Chemistry". In the ...
