Benjamin Rush

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Benjamin Rush (1746 - 1813) was an American physician and signatory of the Declaration of Independence.

He strongly believed in bloodletting (in his case, this meant removing up to 75% of the patient's blood), mercury, and colon cleansing. Rush also believed in "scientific" racialism, though he was an abolitionist.

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