Benjamin Rush medical casebook, 1811-1812

Containers:
Box 3, Folder 2
Creator:
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Extent:
1 item
Physical description:
74 pages
Scope and content:

In the casebook, Rush provided brief histories for his treatment of about 75 individuals. Entries generally included the year, patient's name, presented medical issue, dates of treatment, prescriptions applied, pulses noted, and the progression or resolution of the problem. Rheumatism was the most common complaint, along with dropsy (edema), pneumonia, diarrhea, and mania. Among the other illnesses listed were palsy (paralysis), fever, typhus, epilepsy, consumption, scurvy, hydrothorax, swelled spleen, and hysteria.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Josiah Charles Trent Collection, 1956

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