David Hosack was the doctor who attended to Alexander Hamilton after he was shot by Aaron Burr.
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Samuel Latham Mitchill Publishes the First Medical Journal in America
Samuel Latham Mitchill was a Physician who published the first Medical Journal in the Early Republic.
Dr. Benjamin Rush - The Founder of American Psychiatry
Benjamin Rush was a Physician who first recognized mental illness as a disease and signed the Declaration of Independence.
Purveyor General of Hospitals Nathan Brownson
Nathan Brownson was Purveyor General of Hospitals during the American Revolution and then Governor of Georgia.
The Father of Clinical Medicine - Thomas Bond
Thomas Bond helped create many institutions in Philadelphia which put the city in a situation where declaring independence was an option.
Founding Physicians - The Top 10 Doctors of the American Revolution
Physicians in the American Revolution affixed their signature to all of the major documents, acted as Surgeons and many even went into the heart of battle.
Snake Oil and the Placebo Effect - Elisha Perkins' Metallic Tractor
Elisha Perkins sold ‘Metallic Tractors’ which had no medical benefits but did lead to the discovery of the placebo effect.
Joshua Clayton Transforms Delaware's Executive Branch
Joshua Clayton was both the last President and first Governor of Delaware.
Isaac Bronson Gets Everyone Paid
Isaac Bronson was a Surgeon in the Continental Army who went on to create some of the most important financial institutions in the United States.
Issac Smith - Partisan Politics in Early New Jersey
Isaac Smith spent two decades on the New Jersey Supreme Court before getting caught up in the difficult politics of Jeffersonian Era.
Thomas Young Distracts The Crowd...So His Friends Can Tea Party
Thomas Young was an important player in the Boston Tea Party.
William Burnet Heals Continental Veterans
William Burnet served as Physician and Surgeon General for the Eastern Region of the Continental Army.
James Tilton Modernizes Military Medicine
James Tilton served as Physician and Surgeon General in the War of 1812.
Nathaniel Scudder - The Doctor Who Died in Battle
At the outbreak of the American Revolution Dr. Nathaniel Scudder was a prominent physician in Monmouth, New Jersey. He began working for the Committee of Correspondence AND as a lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army.