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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- Medical inquiries and observations, volume 4, which contains the full text of his Defence of Blood-letting as a Remedy for Certain Diseases. In PDF format.
- A Defence of Blood-letting, as a Remedy for Certain Diseases, an incomplete transcription, but it's in HTML format and easier to view.
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