RUSH, Benjamin (1746-1813). Medical Inquiries and Observations, upon the diseases of the mind, Philadelphia: Kimber & Richardson, 1812, 8° in 4s, FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE (lacking A1 half title, browned), library cloth. [Austin 1670; GM 4924; Norman 1867; Osler 3860] Provenance: Simon and Edmund (?) Feild (19th-century inked signature at head of title and with a number of corrections in the same hand)

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RUSH, Benjamin (1746-1813). Medical Inquiries and Observations, upon the diseases of the mind, Philadelphia: Kimber & Richardson, 1812, 8° in 4s, FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE (lacking A1 half title, browned), library cloth. [Austin 1670; GM 4924; Norman 1867; Osler 3860] Provenance: Simon and Edmund (?) Feild (19th-century inked signature at head of title and with a number of corrections in the same hand)

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The first American book on psychology, and an important work in the history of the subject. Rush looked at the influence of buried memories and his work was among the first to study mental illness scientifically.

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