[Rush, A famous American physician and his medical idea].
As the first American physician winning a fame worldwide, Rush made contribution in the fields of public health campaign, prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, and psychiatry. He was a character with contradiction, possessed lofty medical morality, yet, with ridiculous pathological idea. However, as a physician, he devoted all his life to the sick and his country.
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Tian-Li
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Political Faculty, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
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