He trained Meriwether Lewis and his namesake "jalaps" were often used on the explorer's expeditions.
He trained Meriwether Lewis and his namesake "jalaps" were often used on the explorer's expeditions. His own time in the army expired after it was revealed that he supported the Conway Cabal, though he did end up returning to public service as Treasurer of the Mint. [*] A lifetime believer in women's rights, he also championed abolition in works like An Address to the British Inhabitants in America Upon Slave Keeping. His other works were collected in Essays: Literary, Moral, and Philosophical, and he confronted William Shippen about the organization and attention given by medical hospitals. Well known for encouraging Thomas Paine to write Common Sense. FTP identify this Colonial dude who helped fight the spread of yellow fever and wrote a book, Medical Inquiries and Observations Upon the Diseases of the Mind, which helped found modern psychiatry.
He trained Meriwether Lewis and his namesake "jalaps" were often used on the explorer's expeditions.
Benjamin {Rush}