Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 | Friends We Have Lost | 3
American History Tellers
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Dr. Rush and the Board of Trustees
In October 1797, Benjamin Rush applied for a position as the chair of the medical faculty at Columbia University. He was desperate to leave Philadelphia and Cobbett's merciless criticism. But he would soon find out that he could not escape his enemies. For all these are bleaters and understand their business as well as Dr. Rush does his.
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