Benjamin Rush, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Benjamin Rush

American physician, educator, author

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1745

Place of Birth: Byberry, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1813

Profession: writer, physician, politician, psychiatrist, chemist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Benjamin Rush

  • Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 [O.S.
  • December 24, 1745] – April 19, 1813) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, and educator as well as the founder of Dickinson College.
  • Rush attended the Continental Congress.
  • His later self-description there was: "He aimed right." He served as Surgeon General of the Continental Army and became a professor of chemistry, medical theory, and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania.Rush was a leader of the American Enlightenment and an enthusiastic supporter of the American Revolution.
  • He was a leader in Pennsylvania's ratification of the Constitution in 1788.
  • He was prominent in many reforms, especially in the areas of medicine and education.
  • He opposed slavery, advocated free public schools, and sought improved education for women and a more enlightened penal system.
  • As a leading physician, Rush had a major impact on the emerging medical profession.
  • As an Enlightenment intellectual, he was committed to organizing all medical knowledge around explanatory theories, rather than rely on empirical methods.
  • Rush argued that illness was the result of imbalances in the body's physical system and was caused by malfunctions in the brain.
  • His approach prepared the way for later medical research, but Rush himself undertook none of it.
  • He promoted public health by advocating clean environment and stressing the importance of personal and military hygiene.
  • His study of mental disorder made him one of the founders of American psychiatry.

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