Benjamin Rush (Philadelphia) letter to Julia Stockton Rush (Trenton [N.J.]), 1793 September 4
- Containers:
- Box 1, Folder 16
- Creator:
- Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
- Extent:
- 1 Leaf
- Physical description:
- 1 page; 26 cm
- Scope and content:
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Rush briefly notes that the disease spreads, but mortality is not in proportion to the numbers afflicted. His cure is jalap and mercury, taken on the first day of the attack.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Josiah Charles Trent Collection, 1956
- Alternative form available:
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1-page transcript available
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