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Benjamin Rush

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Dr. Benjamin Rush

 

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Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush Dance Audition 2021-2022

 

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Benjamin Rush Prophesies to John Adams.mpg

 

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Benjamin Rush and Black Founding Fathers - America's Christian founding

 

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Benjamin Rush and Alcohol Addiction

Benjamin Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence (U.S.). Rush was a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, and educator as well as the founder of Dickinson College. Rush attended the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence. His later self-description there was: "He aimed right." He served as Surgeon General of the Continental Army and became a professor of chemistry, medical theory, and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania.