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Rush : revolution, madness, and the visionary doctor who became a founding father
- Title
- Rush : revolution, madness, and the visionary doctor who became a founding father / Stephen Fried.
- Author
- Fried, Stephen, 1958-
- Publication
- New York : Crown, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- 597 pages : illustrations, map; 25 cm
- Summary
- "The remarkable story of Benjamin Rush, medical pioneer and one of our nation's most provocative and unsung Founding Fathers ... One of the youngest signatories [of the Declaration of Independence] ... he was also, among stiff competition, one of the most visionary. A brilliant physician and writer, Rush was known as the "American Hippocrates" for pioneering national healthcare and revolutionizing treatment of mental illness and addiction. Yet medicine is only part of his legacy. Dr. Rush was both a progressive thorn in the side of the American political establishment--a vocal opponent of slavery, capital punishment, and prejudice by race, religion or gender--and close friends with its most prominent leaders. He was the protégé of Franklin, the editor of Common Sense, Washington's surgeon general, and the broker of peace between Adams and Jefferson, yet his stubborn convictions more than once threatened his career and his place in the narrative of America's founding. Drawing on a trove of previously unpublished letters and images, the voluminous correspondence between Rush and his better-known counterparts, and his candid and incisive personal writings ... Stephen Fried ... finally installs Dr. Rush in the pantheon of great American leaders."--Provided by publisher.
- Alternative Title
- Benjamin Rush
- Revolution, madness, and the visionary doctor who became a founding father
- Subjects
- United States
- Statesmen
- Revolutionaries
- Physicians
- Social reformers
- Statesmen > United States > Biography
- 1775-1783
- Politics and government
- Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
- Revolutionaries > United States > Biography
- Physicians > United States > Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- Biography
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- Social reformers > United States > Biography
- American Revolution (1775-1783)
- Biographies
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Biography
- Declaration of Independence (United States)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients)
- History
- United States Declaration of Independence > Signers > Biography
- United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 560-573) and index.
- Contents
- Turbulent spirit -- American Hippocrates.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-9976
- ISBN
- 9780804140065
- 0804140065
- 9780804140089
- 0804140081
- LCCN
- 2018016147
- 40028492840
- OCLC
- 1049711757
- Author
- Fried, Stephen, 1958- author.
- Title
- Rush : revolution, madness, and the visionary doctor who became a founding father / Stephen Fried.
- Publisher
- New York : Crown, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 560-573) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1775-1783
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40028492840
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-9976