Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2019-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 187 Rush, Benjamin 1746 1813 Pennsylvanian Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 2 The Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged by the Author E-text prepared by MWS, Jens Nordmann, Bryan Ness, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Medical Inquiries and Observations, Vol. 2" by Benjamin Rush is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. The work presents a comprehensive examination of various medical topics, featuring discussions on the influences of physical causes on mental faculties, the nature of diseases such as pulmonary consumption and dropsy, and observations on historical medical cases. It showcases the author's insights into the interconnectedness of physical health and moral behavior, emphasizing the influence of environmental and dietary factors on well-being. The opening of this volume introduces an inquiry into the "influence of physical causes upon the moral faculty." Rush begins by differentiating between the moral faculty and conscience, establishing a framework for understanding morality as linked to physical conditions. He explores how physical ailments can affect moral sensibilities, delving into examples from human behavior and observations on how different factors such as climate, diet, and bodily conditions can shape moral character. This premise sets the stage for further discussions on specific diseases and their effects on both mental and physical health, indicating a holistic approach to medicine that considers both the body and the mind in treatment and diagnosis. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 55.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Medicine Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia R Text Category: Health & Medicine Category: Psychiatry/Psychology 623445 2025-07-23T10:59:18.439230 text/html 631752 2019-02-26T16:09:50 text/html 315845 2025-07-23T10:59:25.728192 application/epub+zip 322373 2025-07-23T10:59:19.637213 application/epub+zip 281220 2025-07-23T10:59:19.028222 application/epub+zip 490009 2025-07-23T10:59:30.197200 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 439333 2025-07-23T10:59:24.977198 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398459 2022-09-26T18:08:36.982911 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 554180 2025-07-23T10:59:17.496236 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 554219 2019-02-26T16:00:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18759 2025-07-23T10:59:30.339158 application/rdf+xml 8098 2025-07-23T10:59:19.127294 image/jpeg 1371 2025-07-23T10:59:19.078194 image/jpeg 193104 2019-02-26T16:00:17 application/octet-stream application/zip 273844 2019-02-26T16:12:59 application/octet-stream application/zip 272499 2025-07-23T10:59:18.485189 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia