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Dr. Benjamin rush
Who is he Doctor Benjamin rush was a major doctor in the 1700’s He played a magnificent role in the yellow fever epidemic because he use bloodletting to heal his patients Wonderful person all around Had many friends and was one of the founding fathers and signed the declaration of independence
What went wrong Many people believed that rushes method of healing patients was absurd Now what he did may sound bad but it saved many lives including his own and what he did was blood letting.
Blood letting ,[object Object]
Blood letting has been around for 2000 years
Very nasty also in some ways helpful,[object Object]

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  • 2. Who is he Doctor Benjamin rush was a major doctor in the 1700’s He played a magnificent role in the yellow fever epidemic because he use bloodletting to heal his patients Wonderful person all around Had many friends and was one of the founding fathers and signed the declaration of independence
  • 3. What went wrong Many people believed that rushes method of healing patients was absurd Now what he did may sound bad but it saved many lives including his own and what he did was blood letting.
  • 4.
  • 5. Blood letting has been around for 2000 years
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  • 7. The end Info from www.museumofquackery.com/devices/phlebo.htm www.benjaminrush.com/ Music by Ke$ha chain reaction