The Selected Writings of Benjamin RushPhilosophical Library, 1947 - 433 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 76
Page 296
... physicians of encouraging patients to ex- pect a recovery , in diseases which have arrived at their incurable stage . The mischief done by falsehood in this case , is the more to be deplored , as it often prevents the dying from ...
... physicians of encouraging patients to ex- pect a recovery , in diseases which have arrived at their incurable stage . The mischief done by falsehood in this case , is the more to be deplored , as it often prevents the dying from ...
Page 301
... physicians , from their ardent attachment to their patients . The grave - yards of Philadelphia alone hold the precious relicts of three and twenty members of our profession , who have died martyrs to this affec- tionate and heroic ...
... physicians , from their ardent attachment to their patients . The grave - yards of Philadelphia alone hold the precious relicts of three and twenty members of our profession , who have died martyrs to this affec- tionate and heroic ...
Page 303
... physician tracing its origin to a number of offensive privies . The physicians of all the cities in the United States ( Philadelphia excepted ) , have , with nearly perfect unanimity , derived our annual bilious plague from domestic ...
... physician tracing its origin to a number of offensive privies . The physicians of all the cities in the United States ( Philadelphia excepted ) , have , with nearly perfect unanimity , derived our annual bilious plague from domestic ...
Contents
ON SLAVEKEEPING 1773 | 3 |
A PLAN OF A PEACEOFFICE FOR THE UNITED STATES | 19 |
SYLVANIA 1777 | 54 |
Copyright | |
20 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action agreeable aliment America American Revolution animal apoplexy appears Assembly Benjamin Rush Bible blood called capital punishments causes chiefly Christian citizens civilized nations cold common Constitution corporal punishments crimes cure degree deists derived destroying angel discovered diseases disorder divine effects Europe evil excitability exercise favour fever frequently gout habits happiness heat hence Hippocrates human body Indians influence inhabitants instances kind knowledge labour laws liberty lives madness mankind manner Marquis of Beccaria means medicine ment mentioned mind moral faculty murder by death nature necessary never nosology objects observed old age pain passions patients peculiar Pennsylvania persons PHOBIA physical physicians pleasure present principles produced profession punishment reason religion remarkable remedies render savage savage nations schools slavery slaves sleep society species spirits stimuli supposed thing tion truth United vice virtue yellow fever