
A Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on the Institutes and Practice of Medicine
BR-2024.014
RUSH, Benjamin. A Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on the Institutes and Practice of Medicine
Bradford, 1798.
Rare. This work was written and distributed by Rush for his lecture class in 1798 at the University of Pennsylvania. Most of all copies of this syllabus are either held by institutions or have come from institutions.
The total quantity printed of this work is unknown but it is most likely less than 50, with only a handful surviving outside of institutional hands. Evans lists 9 copies in total. Last appearance on the market was in the George MacManus dealer catalogue from 1980 and no other copies are listed as having come to market since.
The work is split into three chapters which discuss Rush's works and advances within the field of Pathology. It has specific interest with cases regarding women, children, and of the black population.
Rare on the market. RareBookHub shows the last copy at auction was in 1980 and lists only 6 copies total. WorldCat lists only 17 copies.
Written and distributed by Rush for his lecture class at the University of Pennsylvania. The quantity printed is unknown but was probably under fifty; Evans lists nine copies, WorldCat seventeen, and the last to reach the market was in the George MacManus catalogue of 1980. Three chapters on pathology, with particular attention to the diseases of women, children, and the Black population.
- Accession
- BR-2024.014
- Date
- Philadelphia: Thomas & Samuel F. Bradford, 1798
- Author / maker
- Rush, Benjamin
- Condition
- 16mo. 19pp. Bound in 19th century marbled wrappers. Bottom and side of the front wrapper's free ends a bit burnt with loss to margin of the title-page, not affecting text. Old mail stamp affixed to front wrapper. Some light scorch marks to page 3. Library Company of Philadelphia bookplate on verso of front wrapper, else very good.
- References
- Austin 1689. Evans 34497. Fox 1798-7
- Notes
- Three editions were printed: one in 1792, one in 1795, and one in 1798.





