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List of [Malacca?] Nuts copied from drawings in the "Library of the [J. J. Company?]."

As Clap has taken him into his confidence, advising him to consult a physician and be completely honest about his symptoms. Notes he should ask for the doctor's recommendations in writing to help him remember and offers to explain anything to him. "You need not be bashful, or afraid of being expos'd; there is nothing disreputable connected with your complaints & the Doctors professional honour is pledg'd not to expose you were it in his power, which in this case it is not."

Regarding "Cancer doctors," and their common career woes "from a return of the sores which were said to have been cured by them." Notes cancer doctors claiming to have obtained cures from Native Americans, which Rush finds improbable due to "Cancers being unknown among the Indians." Doubts the efficacy of vegetable cures, believing most to rely on arsenic. Warns Stuart that if he has found a cure it likely will yield "but a small profit... for a majority of the persons afflicted with them are poor people," while if he fails he will lose his good character. Letter arrived at the Clements Library with a portrait of Benjamin Rush, engraved by R. W. Dodson from a painting by T[homas] Sully. Printed in L. H. Butterfield, ed., Letters of Benjamin Rush, Vol. 2 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1951), pp. 1049-1050. Donated by Peggy Harrington, from the collection of Kevin Harrington, 2014.

Writes regarding Colonel Washington's prescription for dropsy which Dr. Worthington hopes John Mason will try with "good effect when your men march." The cure includes details of dosage, characteristics of the necessary plant, and times of day to administer.

Board of Health itemization of costs for undertaker services for the funeral of Benjamin Ockington.

Writes regarding his wife suffering from an attack of insanity, responding to Delahoyde and Lucett's advertisement. Wife has been hospitalized at St. Luke's and with Dr. Burrows previously. Describes his current financial situation and will sacrifice as much as he can to find her a cure.

Five bills for medical attention, vaccinations, and Panacea.

Writes regarding results from botanical tests on "specimen 229-235" which he has examined. Describes certain conditions of each plant. Provides a response and advice to the results of tests he received in a previous letter.

Writing from the "Medical Institution." Describes a New Haven physician and an influenza striking students. Comments on medical lectures, professors, and students.

Request for Holland gin for medicinal purposes.