Dr. Benjamin Rush
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An American physician—1746-1813—trained at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh, who practised ‘heroic medicine’Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
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The American tradition of physicians as politicians is a long one--five of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were doctors, including
Dr. Benjamin Rush, the father of American psychiatry.
In 1797, the first Chair of Chemistry in America was awarded to
Dr. Benjamin Rush at the University of Pennsylvania.
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