Flip to Benjamin Rush, An Account of the Bilious Remitting Yellow Fever, as it Appeared in the City of Philadelphia, in the Year, Philadelphia, 1794.Close Window
Credit: Winterthur Museum, gift of Mrs. Julia B. Henry
Citizen, physician, and champion of educational reform, Dr. Benjamin Rush played a central role in the expansion of educational opportunity, and the creation of a statewide structure for advanced education. Rush offered a new scheme for Commonwealth education that served the interests of an enlightened citizenry in the new nation.
