A Day in the Life of a Colonial Doctor

Dr. Benjamin Rush was a true patriot and a humanitarian. Readers follow Dr. Rush as he completes the tasks typical to a doctor in colonial times. From 'bleeding" patients to the kinds of medicines commonly used at that time, students will understand what life might have been like in America in the 1700s. Students also get a basic biography of Benjamin Rush, who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a delegate to the Continental Congress, a teacher, and the founder of the first clinic for the poor in America.