{"product_id":"9781466859746","title":"Benjamin Rush: Patriot and Physician","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe only full biography of Benjamin Rush, an extraordinary Founding Father and America's leading physician of the Colonial era\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Benjamin Rush appears often and meaningfully in biographies about John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, this legendary man is presented as little more than a historical footnote. Yet, he was a propelling force in what culminated in the Declaration of Independence, of which he was a signer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRush was an early agitator for independence, a member of the First Continental Congress, and one of the leading surgeons of the Continental Army during the early phase of the Revolutionary War. He was a constant and indefatigable adviser to the foremost figures of the American Revolution, notably George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven if he had not played a major role in our country's creation, Rush would have left his mark in history as an eminent physician and a foremost social reformer in such areas as medical teaching, treatment of the mentally ill (he is considered the Father of American Psychiatry), international prevention of yellow fever, establishment of public schools, implementation of improved education for women, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of well-written biographies, Brodsky has illuminated the life of one of America's great and overlooked revolutionaries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129741197552,"sku":"9781466859746","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466859746_p0.jpg?v=1769891787","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466859746","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}