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statue was designed by Mr. Perry and 

 the pedestal by Mr. Metcalf. The 

 American Medical Association has thus 

 completed an undertaking begun more 

 than twenty years ago, and has erected 

 a worthy memorial to perhaps the most 

 distinguished American physician. 



It is probably known to most readers 

 of this magazine that Rush was an 

 eminent Philadelphia physician and a 

 signer of the declaration of independ- 

 ence, but a few words may be said in 

 regard to his career. Rush was born 

 in 1745 and educated at Princeton and 

 Philadelphia, and later studied at Edin- 

 burgh, London and Paris. On returning 

 to Philadelphia, then the chief intellec- 

 tual center of America, he identified 

 himself at an early age with its med- 



ical and political activities. It may be 

 largely due to Rush that Philadelphia 

 retained until quite recently the leader- 

 ship in medical education and practise. 

 He was appointed professor of chem- 

 istry at the College of Philadelphia, 

 and when the Medical Department of 

 the University of Pennsylvania was 

 established in 1781 was elected to the 

 chair of medicine. He was one of the 

 founders of the College of Physicians 

 and was an officer of the American 

 Philosophical Society from 1770 to 

 1801. In the meanwhile he had taken 

 an active part in the political move- 

 ments leading up to the revolution. He 

 was a member of a committee of two 

 who reported to the Provisional Con- 

 ference at Philadelphia on the expedi- 



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