In 1793, the Yellow Fever Epidemic struck hard in the capitol of Philadelphia. In November of that year, Washington and his cabinet removed to Germantown, which became the capitol until the epidemic was over. Washington stayed in the house of Colonel Franks, which became the Germantown White House. What did […]
In 1787, Rush helped found the College of Physicians. He proposed a national system of public education with a federal university to train public servants and favored the education of women. What impact did Benjamin Rush have? He promoted public health by advocating clean environment and stressing the importance of […]
But the Friends Asylum, established by Philadelphia’s Quaker community in 1814, was the first institution specially built to implement the full program of moral treatment. What was the first mental hospital in the world? The earliest known mental hospitals were established in the Arab world, in Baghdad (ad 918) and […]
A physician is a general term for a doctor who has earned a medical degree. Physicians work to maintain, promote, and restore health by studying, diagnosing, and treating injuries and diseases. Physicians generally have six core skills: Patient care. What should you study to be a physician? The most commonly […]
At the University of Chicago, in an atmosphere of interdisciplinary scholarship and discovery, the Pritzker School of Medicine is dedicated to inspiring diverse students of exceptional promise to become leaders and innovators in science and medicine for the betterment of humanity. Does the University of Chicago have a medical program? […]
In fact, the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science received almost 12,000 applications last year.Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine. GPA 3.91 MCAT 520 Interview Rate(s) 8.8% in-state| 9.3% out of state Acceptance Rate 7.1% Percent of Entering Class In State 24% Is it […]
The mortality rate peaked in October before frost finally killed the mosquitoes and brought an end to the outbreak. Doctors tried a variety of treatments but knew neither the origin of the fever nor that the disease was transmitted by mosquitoes (this information was not verified until the late 19th […]
Yellow fever appeared in the U.S. in the late 17th century. The deadly virus continued to strike cities, mostly eastern seaports and Gulf Coast cities, for the next two hundred years, killing hundreds, sometimes thousands in a single summer. How long has yellow fever been around? No one knows for […]
Dr. Benjamin Rush, the “father of American psychiatry,” was the first to believe that mental illness is a disease of the mind and not a “possession of demons.” His classic work, Observations and Inquiries upon the Diseases of the Mind, published in 1812, was the first psychiatric textbook printed in […]
Dr. Benjamin Rush, attending physician at Pennsylvania Hospital from 1783 to 1813 developed treatments which sought to control the patient. Dr. Rush developed the tranquilizing chair to slow down the fluid movement of agitated patients. Who invented tranquilizing chair? Benjamin RushBenjamin Rush believed that mental diseases were caused by irritation […]
He contributed money to help victims of the epidemic and performed the duties of a nurse when the plague was at its worst. What did Stephen Girard Do fever? Girard was a tireless leader in the efforts to contain and combat the yellow fever epidemics that hit Philadelphia in 1793, […]
Transmission. The yellow fever virus is an arbovirus of the flavivirus genus and is transmitted by mosquitoes, belonging to the Aedes and Haemogogus species. How did people try to stop yellow fever? The yellow fever epidemic was over. After World War II, the world had DDT in its arsenal of […]
To protect the currency supply, the director of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia suspended operations during each outbreak of yellow fever. Letters in the Mint’s archive show that he put workers on furlough with a guarantee of half pay for the two to three months that yellow fever lasted. What […]
a heavy wooden chair used in early psychiatry in which patients were strapped at the chest, abdomen, ankles, and knees, with their head inserted in a wooden box. What was Benjamin Rush belief regarding mental disease? Benjamin Rush believed that mental diseases were caused by irritation of the blood vessels […]
Insulin coma therapy went out of vogue with the introduction of antipsychotics in the 1960s. By that time, it had also been largely discredited and was on its way to being relegated to an embarrassing blip in the history of psychiatry. Is insulin shock therapy still used for schizophrenia? 1. […]