An introductory discourse, to a course of lectures on the theory and practice of physic : containing observations on the inductive system of prosecuting medical inquiries ; and a tribute to the memory of the late Dr. Benjamin Rush ; delivered at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, on the third of November, 1813 / by David Hosack.
- David Hosack
- Date:
- 1813
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Credit: An introductory discourse, to a course of lectures on the theory and practice of physic : containing observations on the inductive system of prosecuting medical inquiries ; and a tribute to the memory of the late Dr. Benjamin Rush ; delivered at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, on the third of November, 1813 / by David Hosack. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![try ; the establishment of a new constitution of government For the United States, and the amelioration of the constitu- tion of his own particular state, all successively interested Lis feelings, and induced him to take an active concern in the scenes that were passing. He held a seat in the cele- brated congress of 1776 as a representative of the state of Pennsylvania, and subscribed the ever memorable instrument of American independence. In 1777, he was appointed phy- sician general of the military hospital for the middle depart- ment ; and in the year 1787 he received the additional grati- fication and evidence of his country's confidence in his talents, bis integrity, and his patriotism, by being chosen a member of the state convention for the adoption of the federal consti- tution. These great events being accomplished, Dr. Rush gradual ]y retired from political life, resolved to dedicate the remain- der of his days to the practice of his profession, the perform- ance of his collegiate duties, and the publication of those doc- trines and principles in medicine which he considered calcu- lated to advance the interests of his favourite science, or to diminish the evils of human lifp. In a letter which I receiv- ed from him as early as the year 1794, he expresses this de- termination, adding, I have lately become a mere spectator of all public events. And in a conversation on this sub- ject, during the two last years of his life, he expressed to me the high gratification which he enjoyed in his medical studies and pursuits, and his regret that he had not at a much earlier](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21130425_0034.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
