Benjamin Rush (Sydenham) letter to Nathaniel Potter (Baltimore), 1799 October 18

Item Info

Title:
Benjamin Rush (Sydenham) letter to Nathaniel Potter (Baltimore), 1799 October 18
Description:
Rush comments on commerce and the work of physicians, and on Philadelphia physicians opposed to use of mercury and bloodletting.
Permalink:
https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4bc5v
Date:
October 18, 1799
Author:
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Recipient:
Potter, Nathaniel, 1770-1843
Identifier:
  • 5b490039cb992e71b45c3c3e67d87b31
  • rushbenjaminandjulia
  • duke:280728
  • brpst019010
  • ark:/87924/r4bc5v
  • 745a3ef4-756f-4297-b734-b27e845e4525
Digital Collection:
Benjamin and Julia Stockton Rush Papers
Source Collection:
Benjamin and Julia Stockton Rush papers, bulk 1766-1845 and undated
Series:
Letters, 1777-1824
Language:
English
Extent:
1 leaf; 2 pages; 33 cm
Location:
Subject:
Mercury
Format:
correspondence
Provenance:
Gift of Josiah Charles Trent Collection, 1956
Rights:
Free Re-Use
Public Domain
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