grist for the mill
A not-so-secret research cacheTuesday, December 21, 2004
An Early History - African American Mental Health: "Benjamin Rush, MD (1746?1813), signer of the Declaration of Independence, Dean of the Medical School at the University of Pennsylvania and the 'Father of American Psychiatry, 'described Negroes as suffering from an affliction called Negritude, which was thought to be a mild form of leprosy. The only cure for the disorder was to become white. It is unclear as to how many cases of Negritude were successfully treated. The irony of Dr. Rush's medical observations was that he was a leading mental health reformer and co-founder of the first anti-slavery society in America."
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