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Benjamin Rush believed that mental diseases were caused by irritation of the blood vessels in the brain. His treatment methods included bleeding, purging, hot and cold baths, and mercury, and he invented a tranquilizer chair (pictured) and a gyrator for psychiatric patients.
Jan 24, 2024 · Mental Health Timeline. May 11, 1751: Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond establish Pennsylvania Hospital. August 1769: Rush, upon returning to Philadelphia after medical training abroad, joins the medical team treating John Dickinson's friend Captain John Macpherson for mental illness.
One of the most difficult concepts for students to grasp when studying the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 is why Philadelphia’s doctors—among the most accomplished in North America—failed to understand the disease’s origin and method of transmission.
Apr 1, 2019 · As Philadelphians fled the city in droves, he chose to remain and treat the sick — though neither common fever remedies (wine and sweating) nor Rush’s own prescriptions (bleeding and purging) had any effect. Some patients died in a matter of hours. Few survived more than four days.
Dr. Benjamin Rush designed two mechanical contrivances to aid in the treatment of the insane. The belief at the time was that "madness" was an arterial disease, an inflammation of the brain. Pictured here is the "tranquilizing chair" in which patients were confined.
Because he had few contacts among the well-to-do, he treated mainly the poor. On August 1, 1769, Rush was appointed professor of chemistry in Penn’s medical department. The following year, Rush published A Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on Chemistry, the first American text on the subject.
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Jan 29, 2019 · Benjamin Rush, considered the father of American psychiatry, helped usher in humane care for people with mental illness at the dawn of this nation, but his views on race had a negative impact on treatment. Open in viewer.
