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'''Benjamin Rush''' (1745-1813) was a colonial physician known as the "Father of American Medicine."  He was [[Founding Father]] who signed the [[Declaration of Independence]], he served as the Surgeon General of the [[Continental Army]], and he opened the first free medical clinic at the Pennsylvania Hospital, and made significant contributions to the philosophy of the [[American Enlightenment]].  Rush rejected the [[liberal]] portions of the European [[Enlightenment]] movement.

'''Benjamin Rush''' (1745-1813) was a colonial physician known as the "Father of American Medicine."  He was [[Founding Father]] who signed the [[Declaration of Independence]], he served as the Surgeon General of the [[Continental Army]], and he opened the first free medical clinic at the Pennsylvania Hospital, and made significant contributions to the philosophy of the [[American Enlightenment]].  Rush rejected the [[liberal]] portions of the European [[Enlightenment]] movement.

He also founded the Philadelphia Bible Society and was an abolitionist who founded the Society for the Abolition of Slavery.  In 1808, he founded the Philadelphia Bible Society and was an abolitionist who founded the Society for the Abolition of Slavery.  Rush did not attend the [[Constitutional Convention]] and did not sign the [[U.S. Constitution]] draft there.

He also founded the Philadelphia Bible Society and was an abolitionist who founded the Society for the Abolition of Slavery.  In 1808, he founded the Philadelphia Bible Society and was an abolitionist who founded the Society for the Abolition of Slavery.  Rush did not attend the [[Constitutional Convention]], but he and [[James Wilson]] encouraged their state of [[Pennsylvania]] to quickly ratify the new [[U.S. Constitution]], the second state to do so.

==Early life==

==Early life==