About
Famous physician and founder of the American Medical Association and the American Journal of the Medical Sciences.
Before Fame
He earned his Medical Doctorate in 1800.
Trivia
He gave lectures on obstetrics that became so popular that he was named Professor of Midwifery at the University of Pennsylvania.
Family Life
He married Rebecca Biddle in 1808.
Associated With
He studied under U.S. founding father Benjamin Rush after moving to Philadelphia in 1797.
