MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
Circa 1800
Abstract:
This autobiography relates Rush's experiences in college and medical school; his meetings with notable doctors; his life in Scotland, England, and France; his medical views; the military and politics during the Revolutionary War; and brief sketches of personalities of that period.
Call #:
Mss.B.R89t
Extent:
8 volume(s)
Subjects:
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American Revolution | Autobiographies. | Autobiography | Diaries | Early National Politics | England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. | Epidemics -- United States | Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 | France -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Indians of North America | Marriage and Family Life | Medicine | Medicine. | Philadelphia History | Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 | Scotland -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. | Social Life and Custom | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal histories. | United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. | Yellow fever -- United States.
