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Excerpt from An Inquiry Into the Influence of Physical Causes Upon the Moral Faculty: Delivered Before a Meeting of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, on the Twenty-Seventh of February, 1786It was for the laudable purpose of exciting a Spirit of emulation and inquiry among the members of our body, that the founders of our society instituted an annual oration. The task ofpreparing, and delivering this exercise, hath devol...

Excerpt from Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 2 of 4Of the moral faculty, and the understanding to be the seat of the conscience. The mysterious na ture of the union of those two moral principles with the will and understanding, is a subject foreign to the business of the present inquiry.As I consider virtue and vice to consist in action, and not in opinion, and as this action has its seat in the will, and not in the conscience, I shal...

Excerpt from Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 4: Containing an Account of the Bilious Remitting and Intermitting Yellow Fever, as It Appeared in Philadelphia in the Year 1794, Together With an Inquiry Into the Proximate Cause of Fever, And a Defense of Blood-Letting as a Remedy for Certain DiseasesBenjamin rush. 1796.in? Tb: reader is Jejz'red to coffee? The following ti/zak: In page 3, line 14. From the top, for tbem, read tba eartb. ...

Excerpt from An Account of the Life and Character of Christopher Ludwick: Late Citizen of Philadelphia, and Baker-General of the Army of the United States During the Revolutionary WarLutherans. Of this school he always retain ed a grateful remembrance, as will appear in the sequel of his life. At seventeen years of age, he enlisted as a privatesoldier in the army of'the Emperor of Germany, and bore his part in the war carried on by the Aus tri...

Excerpt from Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 5: Containing an Account of the Yellow Fever, as It Appeared in Philadelphia in 1797, and Observations Upon the Nature and Cure of the Gout, and HydrophobiaAgreeably to my promife made in the year 1796, I herewith offer to the public a few obfervations upon the nature and cure of the gout. They are conneEURted with a hif tory of the yellow fever as it appeared in Philadelphia in 1797, and W...

Excerpt from Medical Inquiries and Observations, Upon the Diseases of the MindThe author has omitted referring to the books from which he has obtained some of his facts. His reason for doing so was, when he began to collect them, he did not expect to publish them, and of course did not mark the volumes and pages from which they were extracted. Since he formed that design, he has faithfully preserved references to them both. He has suppressed t...

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Excerpt from A Memorial Containing Travels Through Life or Sundry Incidents in the Life of Dr. Benjamin Rush My Dear Friend - Can you bear to read a letter that has nothing in it about politics or war? I will, without waiting for an answer to this question, trespass upon your patience, by writing to you upon another subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgo...

Excerpt from An Account of the Bilious Remitting Yellow Fever: As It Appeared in the City of Philadelphia, in the Year 1793The delay of the following publi cation has been occafioned by the want of health to prepare it for the-prefs, during the winter months. It now goes forward, under the great difadvantages, of having been haftily copied from my notes, amidft frequent profefiional in terruptions. Its imperfefiions I hope will be overlooked, ...

Excerpt from Essays, Literary, Moral and PhilosophicalRemarkable circumstances in the constitution and life of Ann Woods, an Old woman of 96 years of age, Biographical Anecdotes of Benjamin Lay, Biographical Anecdotes of Anthony Benezet, Paradise of Negro Slaves-a dream, An Inquiry into the causes of Premature Deaths, Eulogium upon Dr. William Cullen.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. ...

About the Book Books that are Collections of Essays are anthologies of literary works by essayists. The list of essayists who have been active throughout the world and throughout time, is extraordinary. About usTrieste Publishing's aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. Our titles are produced from scans of the original books and as a result may so...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Excerpt from Six Introductory Lectures, to Courses of Lectures, Upon the Institutes and Practice of Medicine, Delivered in the University of PennsylvaniaThe following lectures are committed to the press, in consequence of promises: made to many of the members of? The classes who heard them, soon after their delivery. Some facts are added, some sentences are omitted, and a few remarks are repeated, in several of thelectures. The repetitions wil...

The Family Physician - Consumptives Guide to Health and Lady's Medical Companion is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1864. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are avai...

Essays, Literary, Moral and Philosophical is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1798. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebook...