RUSH, Benjamin.

Medical Inquiries and Observations. Vol. 4.

Item #74853

RUSH, Benjamin. Medical Inquiries and Observations. Vol. 4. Phila.: J. Conrad & Co., 1805. 2nd ed., revised and enlarged by the author. iv,405,[15, index],[1]pp. Contemporary calf, rebacked in period-style gilt-ruled calf, brown morocco spine label. Light scattered foxing and toning, bookplate removed from front pastedown early owner's name on title page, else very good. Austin 1661. Sabin 74229. "Rush was considered the ablest American clinician of his time. He was a friend of Benjamin Franklin and one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence. His many writings are distinguished for their classical style ... Rush probably had more influence on American medicine than any other single man"--Garrison and Morton, 80. Entirely devoted to Rush's writings on yellow fever, with accounts of the epidemics in Philadelphia. Includes an essay on blood-letting as a remedy for the fever, which was (unknowingly) a response to the need to lower the often dangerously raised blood pressure of the fever victims.

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