Sowerby Catalogue Volume I : page 448

RUSH, James.

An Inquiry into the Use of the Omentum. By James Rush, of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: from the press of T. & G. Palmer, 1809.

QM367 .R8

First Edition. Sm. 8vo. 18 leaves in fours.

Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue I, xii, 400.

Jefferson’s copy was sent to him by the author, whose father, Benjamin Rush, wrote to Jefferson on May 3, 1809: “. . . My 3 ^rd. son who has lately graduated as Doctor of Medicine requests your acceptance of a copy of his inaugural dissertation . . .”

James Rush, 1786-1869, physician, the son of Benjamin Rush, q.v. This treatise was his Inaugural Dissertation for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, submitted on April 19, 1800. It is dedicated to Benjamin Rush, and to Caspar Wistar, James Woodhouse, Benjamin Smith Barton, and the doctors in the faculty. At his death James Rush, in memory of his wife Phoebe Anne Ridgway, bequeathed his fortune to establish the Ridgway Branch of the Library Company of Philadelphia, under certain conditions, which included the republication of his books each decade for fifty years.

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VAUGHAN, John.

The Valedictory Lecture before the Philosophical Society of Delaware . . . Wilmington: Printed at the Franklin Press. By James Wilson, 1800.

This appears to be the only separate tract published by Vaughan in 1800, and was probably the one referred to in the letter from him to Jefferson, written on December 3, 1800: “You will please to accept the enclosed pamphlet as a tribute of esteem from its Author. The only apology, I have to plead in extenuation of the privilege assumed, is the liberality necessarily attached to your character as a Philosopher . . .”

Jefferson replied from Washington on December 10, 1800: “ Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Doct ^r. Vaughan, and his thanks for the pamphlet inclosed to him, which he is assured he shall peruse with pleasure at the first leisure moment . . . ”

This tract is listed by Jefferson in his chapter on Physico-Mathematics, no. 28 in the manuscript catalogue, and 27 in the 1815 Catalogue. See no. 3773.

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WATERHOUSE, Benjamin.

Cautions to young Persons concerning health in a Public Lecture delivered at the close of the Medical Course in the Chapel at Cambridge Nov. 20. 1804; containing the General Doctrine of Chronic Diseases; shewing the evil Tendency of the Use of Tobacco upon young Persons; more especially the pernicious Effects of smoking Cigarrs; with observations on the Use of Ardent and Vinous Spirits in general by Benjamin Waterhouse. M.D. . . . [ Cambridge:] Printed at the University Press by W. Hilliard, 1805.

RC364 .W3

First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 16 leaves.

Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue I, xvi, 150.

Presentation copy from Dr. Waterhouse, who wrote to Jefferson from Cambridge, Feb. 20, 1805: “From an opinion that President Jefferson does not feel indifferent to whatever concerns the welfare of any of the citizens in any of the States, Dr. Waterhouse here sends for his acceptance a copy of a Lecture just printed, on the subject of the health of our literary youth, containing cautions respecting the use of Tobacco, & Ardent & vinous spirits; and hopes that the principles & design of it will meet the President’s approbation.”

Jefferson replied from Washington on March 9:

“" Legerat hujus Amor titulum nomenque libelli

" Bella mihi, video, bella parantur, ait.

" So Ovid introduces his book Remediorum amoris. a lecture against tobacco was calculated to excite a similar alarm in a Virginian & a cultivator of tobacco. however being a friend neither to it’s culture nor consequences, I thank you for the pamphlet, and wish a successful opposition to this organ of Virginia influence, as well as to every other injurious to our physical, moral or political well being . . . ”