University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Archival
Philately
Classification
Archival
Philately
Accession Number
1979.19.3
Description
First day of issue commemorative sheet with designed stamp shows image of physician leaning against furniture with patient in bed; colourful rectangular 13 cent US postage stamp affixed above the stamp of date of issue; printed on green paper.
First day of issue commemorative sheet with designed stamp shows image of physician leaning against furniture with patient in bed; colourful rectangular 13 cent US postage stamp affixed above the stamp of date of issue; printed on green paper.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Estate of Lady Banting via Miss Cecilia Long.
"BENAJMIN RUSH: PHYSICIAN, PEDANT, PATRIOT // Professional, moral, and physical courage of Dr. Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) was // taxed to exhaustion during the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, capitol of // the new United States of America. Those residents who could, fled; those who could // not were decimated by disease. Horror and hysteria reigned. Hundreds died daily. Dr. // Rush stayed, cared for patients, personally survived two attacks of fever. Though // his heroic treatments were severely criticized, Rush was unswerving. Patriot, signer // of the Declaration of Independence, leader in the country's first medical school, Dr. // Rush came to be called the first great physician in the United States of America.
"PHILADELPHIA, PA // JUL // 4 // 1976 // 19104 // FIRST DAY OF ISSUE"
"USA 13C //JULY 4, 1776"
stamped on back in black ink: “SEYMOUR M. KESSLER // 16 SLEEPY LANE // HICKSVILLE L. I., N. Y. 11801”