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Honor to Early Physician Benjamin Rush
Obituary tribute highlighting Benjamin Rush as a pivotal early American physician. It notes his roles as physician general to the American army, surgeon at Pennsylvania Hospital, founder of the first U S dispensary, and educator who shaped medical science in Philadelphia. It recalls his yellow fever work at the 1793 epidemic, his stance that yellow fever was indigenous, his innovative but contested practices, and his wide public involvement.
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