Eulogium in Honor of the Late Dr. William Cullen

RUSH, Benjamin. Eulogium in Honor of the Late Dr. William Cullen, Professor of the Practice of Physic in the University of Edinburgh; Delivered before the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, On the 9th of July, Agreeably to Their Vote of the 4th of May, 1790.…..Published by Order of the College of Physicians. Phila.: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1790. 1st ed. 30, [1]pp.

Austin 1641. Evans 22862. Rare in the trade. No copy has come up for auction since the Pennypacker Sale of 1909.

Cullen was Professor of the Practice of Physic at the University of Edinburgh. Rush had studied under him becoming his friend and disciple. "[Rush] had acquired from Cullen a complicated nosology, & distrust of natural healing powers, and a corresponding confidence in the use of special remedies for each species of disease. He probably also acquired from Cullen, as well as from the general medical philosophy of the day. the view that all theory should be organized, on rational principles. into a 'system' that would make practice simple and intelligent"-DNB.

From Catalog II

Delivered before the College of Physicians on July 9, 1790, and published by its order. Rush had acquired from Cullen 'a complicated nosology, a distrust of natural healing powers, and a corresponding confidence in the use of special remedies for each species of disease'; the eulogy is where he says so. No copy has come to auction since the Pennypacker sale of 1909.