Benjamin Rush, "Lecture to Young Ladies' Academy in Philadelphia," (October 1787), p. 2. Source: The Library Company, RUSH MSS vol. 108 (Yi2 7395.F.11-14).

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However strange it may sound, I maintain there is not a truth in medicine that is worth knowing, or capable of being applied to the cure of diseases, but may be comprehended by a Lady, as readily as by a gentleman, and when we further consider how much more the charge of the health and lives of a family is committed to mothers than to fathers, it must be admitted that…