RUSH, BENJAMIN. 1745-1813.


Six Introductory Lectures, to Courses of Lectures, upon the Institutes and Practice of Medicine, Delivered in the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: John Conrad and Company, 1801. 8vo (204 x 127 mm). Contemporary sheep. Top joint cracked, scattered spotting.Rare and important volume of essays that provide unique insight into American medical practice in the late 18th century. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was a prominent Philadelphia physician who served as Surgeon General of the Continental Army, and later a professor of chemistry and medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Austin 1682.