title: The history of multiple personality in the United States: I: The beginnings.
abstract: The origins of the history of multiple personality in the United States may be found in the lectures and writings of Benjamin Rush. Although the case of Mary Reynolds in 1811 has been thought to be the first known case of multiple personality. Rush described three earlier cases of dissociation and attempted to explain these strange phenomena.
mesh_terms: D009105:Dissociative Identity Disorder / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history; D014481:United States