| Description |
xiii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Studies in eighteenth-century America and the Atlantic world |
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Studies in eighteenth-century America and the Atlantic world.
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| Contents |
Benjamin Rush and the culture of medicine -- Malpractice law and Benjamin Rush -- William Cobbett and the scurrilous press -- Libel law and William Cobbett -- Sangrado v. the cloven foot, the trial -- The trial concluded |
| Summary |
This study focuses on two critical figures in late eighteenth-century America-the physician Benjamin Rush and the journalist William Cobbett- as they clashed in one of the most important trials of post-revolutionary America, a libel trial that pitted medicine against the press, republicanism against federalism, and privacy against the public welfare |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-259) and index |
| Notes |
Electronic version is available via Ebrary |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Cobbett, William, 1763-1835 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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| SUBJECT |
Porcupine's gazette. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012013547
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| Subject |
Trials (Libel) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 18th century.
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Malpractice -- history.
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| SUBJECT |
Philadelphia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015143 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Author |
ebrary, Inc.
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| LC no. |
2012008375 |
| ISBN |
9781611461022 cloth alkaline paper |
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9781611461039 ebook |
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