FIRESIDE CHAT: Benjamin Rush, Civic Health, and Human Illness in the Early American Republic

June 15th, 2023
7:00 p.m. ET
Virtual Event | Free

At the end of the Revolutionary War, new American citizens found themselves in a new country. For Philadelphia physician Benjamin Rush and his colleagues, that newness extended beyond a change in political structure. They believed that the physical challenges of growing cities and western expansion and the psychological challenges of new identities came together in ways that could help or hurt American health. From his vantage point at one of the nation’s few medical schools, Rush developed a reputation as America’s physician—while mixing social and scientific ideas for the “improvement” of the country as a whole. This book explores Rush’s social and scientific networks and their role in the development of a distinctly American medical profession.

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