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  • 1Rush,Benjamin — Rush (rŭsh), Benjamin. 1745 1813. American physician, politician, and educator. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, he promoted the abolition of slavery and the humane treatment of the mentally handicapped. * * * …

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  • 2Rush, Benjamin — born Jan. 4, 1746, Byberry, near Philadelphia, Pa. died April 19, 1813, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. U.S. physician and political leader. He attended the College of New Jersey at Princeton. As a doctor, he was a dogmatic theorist who proposed that all …

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  • 3Rush, Benjamin —    (1746–1813)    Called the father of American psychiatry, Rush was born in Byberry, Pennsylvania, the son of a gunsmith. He began the study of medicine, as was common in those days, as an apprentice, then in 1768 graduated with an M.D. from… …

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  • 4Rush, Benjamin — (4 ene. 1746, Byberry, cerca de Filadelfia, Pa., EE.UU.–19 abr. 1813, Filadelfia, Pa.). Médico y líder político estadounidense. Asistió al College de Nueva Jersey en Princeton. Como médico fue un teórico dogmático que propuso que todas las… …

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  • 5RUSH, BENJAMIN —    a noted American physician and professor, born at Byberry, near Philadelphia; studied medicine at Princeton and Edinburgh; became professor of chemistry at Philadelphia in 1769; sat in Congress, and signed the Declaration of Independence… …

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  • 6Benjamin Rush — Dr. Benjamin Rush, painted by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1818 Born January 4, 1746(1746 01 04) Byberry, Philadelphia County …

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  • 7Rush — /rush/, n. 1. Benjamin, 1745 1813, U.S. physician and political leader: author of medical treatises. 2. his son, Richard, 1780 1859, U.S. lawyer, politician, and diplomat. * * * I Any of several flowering plants distinguished by cylindrical… …

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  • 8rush — rəsh n 1) a rapid and extensive wave of peristalsis along the walls of the intestine <peristaltic rush> 2) the immediate pleasurable feeling produced by a drug (as heroin or amphetamine) called also flash * * * (rush) Benjamin, 1745–1813 …

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  • 9Rush — [rush] Benjamin 1745 1813; Am. physician: signer of the Declaration of Independence …

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  • 10Benjamin Rush — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Rush. Benjamin Rush Portrait par …

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