Benjamin Rush (Philadelphia) letter to Julia Stockton Rush (Princeton [N.J.]), 1793 October 20-21
- Containers:
- Box 2, Folder 1
- Creator:
- Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
- Extent:
- 1 Leaf
- Physical description:
- 4 pages; 23 cm
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Rush details several patients' responses to treatment, or lack thereof, and includes consideration of the impact of psychological influences on recovery. He notes that the days grow colder, but they need rain. He has returned to his notes on yellow fever taken during his apprenticeship in 1762.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Josiah Charles Trent Collection, 1956
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