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:

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:

1-page transcript available

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