The selected writings of benjamin rush / Dagobert D. Runes.

Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. He lived in Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitarian and devout Christian, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Rush was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence and attended the...

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Main Author: Runes, Dagobert D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Philosophical Library, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Contents; ON GOOD GOVERNMENT; ON SLAVE-KEEPING; A PLAN OF A PEACE-OFFICE FOR THE UNITED STATES; ON HELPING. THE AFRICANS
  • From a Letter to Granville Sharp; ON THE DEFECTS OF THE CONFEDERATION; ON SECURITIES FOR LIBERTY
  • Letter from Dr. Rush, to Dr. Ramsay; ON PUNISHING MURDER BY DEATH; OBSERVATIONS ON THE GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA; Letter I; Letter II; Letter III; Letter IV; ON EDUCATION; OF THE MODE OF EDUCATION PROPER IN A REPUBLIC; EDUCATION AGREEABLE TO A REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT; PLAN OF A FEDERAL UNIVERSITY.
  • THE AMUSEMENTS AND PUNISHMENTS WHICH ARE PROPER FOR SCHOOLS
  • Addressed to George Clymer, Esq. THE BIBLE AS A SCHOOL BOOK
  • Addressed to the Rev. Jeremy Belknap, of Boston; ON NATURAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCES; LECTURES ON ANIMAL LIFE; LECTURE I; LECTURE II; LECTURE III; THE INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL CAUSES UPON THE MORAL FACULTY; ON THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF MANIA; ON THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF PHOBIA; THE PROGRESS OF MEDICINE
  • A Lecture; OBSERVATIONS AND REASONING IN MEDICINE
  • A Lecture; MEDICINE AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA
  • A Discussion; THE VICES AND VIRTUES OF PHYSICIANS
  • A Lecture.
  • DUTIES OF A PHYSICIAN
  • A Closing Lecture to Medical StudentsON MISCELLANEOUS THINGS; INFLUENCE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION; THE EFFECTS OF ARDENT SPIRITS UPON MAN; ON OLD AGE; SERMON ON EXERCISE; ON MANNERS
  • Excerpts from a Diary Traveling Through France; DIRECTIONS FOR CONDUCTING A NEWSPAPER
  • Addressed to Mr. Brown, editor of the Federal Gazette; THE BENEFITS OF CHARITY
  • A Dream; THE YELLOW FEVER
  • Some Family Letters; APPENDIX
  • LIST; Notes; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Copyright.