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Patriot and Physician

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The only full biography of Benjamin Rush, an extraordinary Founding Father and America's leading physician of the Colonial eraWhile Benjamin Rush appears often and meaningfully in biographies about John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, this legendary man is presented as little more than a historical footnote. Yet, he was a propelling force in what culminated in the Declaration of ... Read more

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