Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1068

BENJAMIN RUSH (1745-1813) Medical inquiries and observations upon the diseases of the mind. Published by Kimber & Richardson 1812 367 pp. 22 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1065

Like Pinel, Rush strove to better the conditions of the insane and sought to establish American mental hospitals based on the best English institutions. His treatment, however, sometimes included profuse bleeding and total physical restraint, which frequently resulted in even greater misery for the patient. His work on diseases of the mind is the first, and for many years was the only, American work on mental illness.

Cited references: Austin 1670; Cushing R327 (1830 ed.); Garrison-Morton 4924; Osler 3860