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This chapter explores the place of Scottish medicine in the autobiographical writing of the Philadelphia physician and signer of the American Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Rush, who studied at the University of Edinburgh from 1766 to 1768. It focuses on Rush's 'Scottish journal' (his account of his period of study in Edinburgh), his protracted feud from 1797 over his treatment of yellow fever with the English journalist, politician and agriculturalist William Cobbett, and his account in 'Travels through Life' of that feud and of the influence of Cullen on his medical theory and practice. The different rhetorical strategies used by Rush to defend his character and practice and his role in the rise of physician autobiography are examined.
本章探讨了苏格兰医学在费城医生、美国独立宣言签署人本杰明·拉什(Benjamin Rush)的自传写作中的地位，他于1766年至1768年在爱丁堡大学学习。这本书的重点是拉什的《苏格兰日记》(他对自己在爱丁堡学习期间的描述)，他从1797年起就与英国记者、政治家和农学家威廉·科贝特(William Cobbett)就黄热病的治疗方法发生的长期争执，以及他在《生命之旅》(Travels through Life)中对这场争执的描述，以及卡伦对他的医学理论和实践的影响。拉什使用了不同的修辞策略来捍卫他的性格和实践，以及他在医生自传兴起中的作用。
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