Dr. Benjamin Rush

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gptkbp:advocates_for abolition of slavery
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gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkbp:born January 4, 1746
gptkbp:contributed_to gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkbp:died April 19, 1813
gptkbp:education_institution gptkb:Princeton_University
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dr. Benjamin Rush
gptkbp:influenced American psychiatry
gptkbp:known_for founding father of the United States
advocating for mental health reform
gptkbp:performed_by gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:published_by An Address to the People of Pennsylvania
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:Surgeon_General_of_the_Continental_Army
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gptkb:political_movement
gptkb:Author
gptkb:Politician
gptkb:book_series
gptkb:Educational_Institution
gptkb:charity
member of the Continental Congress
signer of the Articles of Confederation
advocate for women's education
advocate for public education
founder of the first American medical school
founder of the first American psychiatric hospital
founder of the first American medical journal
proponent of the use of bloodletting
proponent of vaccination
medical reformer
founding member of the American Philosophical Society
founder of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
proponent of temperance
proponent of the use of anesthetics
proponent of the use of antiseptics
proponent of the use of calomel
proponent of the use of cathartics
proponent of the use of digitalis
proponent of the use of diuretics
proponent of the use of emetics
proponent of the use of ipecacuanha
proponent of the use of laudanum
proponent of the use of lobelia
proponent of the use of mercury
proponent of the use of opium
proponent of the use of purgatives
proponent of the use of quinine
proponent of the use of sedatives
proponent of the use of stimulants
proponent of the use of tonics
proponent of the use of vaccines
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Medical_Inquiries_and_Observations_upon_the_Diseases_of_the_Mind