4 Quotes & Sayings By Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush (1746-1813) was one of the most important physicians in American history, a versatile and prolific writer, an influential thinker, and a controversial figure. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society and served as president of the American Medical Association. Although he published a number of scientific papers, it is as a physician that Rush is best known today. As a physician, Rush became a leading advocate for public health measures to prevent disease and improve sanitation Read more

In 1798, he founded the first free hospital in the United States. His greatest legacy as a physician was his demonstration that bloodletting was as dangerous as it was ineffective.

The American war is over, but this is far from...
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The American war is over, but this is far from being the case with the American Revolution. Benjamin Rush
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It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy in his natural state, 'till he returns to them again. Benjamin Rush
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Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution the time will come when medicine will organize itself into an undercover dictatorship. To restrict the art of healing to doctors and deny equal privileges to others will constitute the Bastille of medical science. All such laws are un- American and despotic. Benjamin Rush