Early years and medical apprenticeship : 1746 -- 1766 -- A student at Edinburgh : 1766-1768 -- Building a practice : 1769-1775 -- Rebel and patriot : 1776-1789 -- The Army Medical Department : 1776-1781 -- A quarrel with Washington -- Teacher and physician -- The yellow fever epidemic : 1793 -- Further epidemics : 1794-1803 -- Theory and practice -- First American psychiatrist -- Reformer and philosopher -- The man of affairs -- Educator -- Dickinson College -- Last years -- Appendix: Rush visits his birthplace.