The Dreams of Benjamin Rush

CARL A. L. BINGERAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 125, Number 12

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.125.12.1653

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Although Benjamin Rush disclaimed any tendency toward superstitious belief in dreams, he seems in fact often to have fallen under the spell of his own dreams and to have been quite affected by them. A common theme in Rush's dreams was the attempt to reconcile a conflict he was then experiencing: the struggle between his humanitarian sentiments and his need to earn a living, for example, and the frequent incompatibility of his personal political ambitions with his role as a doctor.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 125 • Number 12 • June 1969

Pages: 1653 - 1659

PubMed: 4890291

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Published in print: June 1969

Published online: 1 April 2006

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CARL A. L. BINGER

Honorary psychiatric consultant, Harvard University Health Services

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