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Liono4ka [1.6K]
3 years ago
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Benjamin Rush is sometimes referred to as the "Father of American Medicine", why?

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lina2011 [118]3 years ago
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Answer: He promoted public health by advocating clean environment and stressing the importance of personal and military hygiene. His study of mental disorder made him one of the founders of American psychiatry. In 1965 the American Psychiatric Association recognized Rush as the "father of American psychiatry".

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