Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1069

BENJAMIN RUSH (1745-1813) Medical inquiries and observations upon the diseases of the mind. John Grigg 1830 4th ed. [16] vi, 365 [3] pp. 21.1 cm.

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

The first state hospital in the United States devoted exclusively to the care of the insane began receiving patients in 1773 and it was not until the 1830s that the movement toward providing state facilities for care of the insane began to gain momentum. When Rush came to the Pennsylvania Hospital at Philadelphia in 1783, he immediately began to work toward securing better care and treatment for the insane. Rush realized many successes in both care and treatment and in 1812 published what became a standard reference on mental illness for over half a century (see No. 1068). This was Rush's last medical work, published only a year before his death, and went through four editions.

See Related Record(s): 1068

Cited references: Austin 1670 (1st ed., 1812); Cushing R327; Garrison-Morton 4924 (1st ed.); Osler 3860 (1st ed.)

Gift of William B. Bean, M.D