Rush, Medical Inquiries and Observations, 1805

Medical Inquiries and Observations. By Benjamin Rush, M. D. Professor of the Institutes and Practice of Medicine, and of Clinical Practice, in the University of Pennsylvania. In Four Volumes. The Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged by the Author. Philadelphia, Published by J. Conrad & Co. Chesnut-Street, Philadelphia; M. & J. Conrad & Co. Baltimore; Rapin, Conrad, & Co. Washington; Somervell & Conrad, Petersburg; and Bonsai, Conrad, & Co. Norfolk. Printed by T. & G. Palmer, 116, High-Street. 1805. 
 
Uniformly bound in recent quarter brown leather with marbled paper over boards. Gold and title labels on spines. Library stamps and prior owner signatures of J F May and Henry (??) Washington [struck through]. Variable damp stain in each volumes, sometimes quite heavy. Variably toned. A few small marginal tears. Bindings tight. 
 
Vol 1: x, 454; Vol 2: (ii) 455; Vol 3: (ii) 443; Vol 4: iv, 405 (20). 
 
See Heirs 1065 for the 1809 edition: Benjamin Rush (1745-1813). “A Philadelphian, Rush was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, active in the Revolutionary War, and a leader in social betterment causes. He was on the medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania after its creation in 1791 and also was treasurer of the U.S. Mint from 1797 until his death. While he was a diligent and devoted practitioner, his methods were sometimes called into question, particularly his excessive use of bleeding, or "depletion." Nevertheless, he was one of the most influential figures in the first hundred years of American medicine. His Medical inquiries and observations, first published from 1789 to 1793, was one of his major literary efforts.