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Samuel Willard (physician)

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Samuel Willard (April 13, 1748 – March 7, 1801) was an American physician who established the first hospital for mental illness in the USA. [1]

26 relations: American Revolution, Benjamin Waterhouse, British Empire, Chicago, Concord, Massachusetts, Constitutional Convention (United States), Cowpox, Glocester, Rhode Island, Harvard University, Lancaster, Massachusetts, Lunenburg, Vermont, Massachusetts, Physician, Psychiatry, Ratification, Samuel Willard, Shays' Rebellion, Sir William Jenner, 1st Baronet, Smallpox, Smithfield, Rhode Island, Tiverton, Rhode Island, Town meeting, United States Constitution, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, Variolation, Worcester, Massachusetts.

American Revolution

The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783.

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Benjamin Waterhouse

Benjamin Waterhouse (March 4, 1754, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations – October 2, 1846, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a physician, co-founder and professor of Harvard Medical School.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Concord, Massachusetts

Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States.

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Constitutional Convention (United States)

The Constitutional Convention (also known as the Philadelphia Convention, the Federal Convention, or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia) took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in the old Pennsylvania State House (later known as Independence Hall because of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence there eleven years before) in Philadelphia.

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Cowpox

Cowpox is an infectious disease caused by the cowpox virus.

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Glocester, Rhode Island

Glocester is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Lancaster, Massachusetts

Lancaster is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, in the United States.

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Lunenburg, Vermont

Lunenburg is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Physician

A physician, medical practitioner, medical doctor, or simply doctor is a professional who practises medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.

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Psychiatry

Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of mental disorders.

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Ratification

Ratification is a principal's approval of an act of its agent that lacked the authority to bind the principal legally.

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Samuel Willard

Reverend Samuel Willard (January 31, 1640 – September 12, 1707) was a colonial clergyman.

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Shays' Rebellion

Shays Rebellion (sometimes spelled "Shays's") was an armed uprising in Massachusetts (mostly in and around Springfield) during 1786 and 1787.

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Sir William Jenner, 1st Baronet

Sir William Jenner, 1st Baronet, GCB, QHP, FRCP, FRS (30 January 1815 – 11 December 1898) was a significant English physician primarily known for having discovered the distinction between typhus and typhoid.

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Smallpox

Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by one of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor.

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Smithfield, Rhode Island

Smithfield is located in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.

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Tiverton, Rhode Island

Tiverton is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.

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Town meeting

A town meeting is a form of direct democratic rule, used primarily in portions of the United States – principally in New England – since the 17th century, in which most or all the members of a community come together to legislate policy and budgets for local government.

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United States Constitution

The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States.

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Uxbridge, Massachusetts

Uxbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts first settled in 1662 and incorporated in 1727.

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Variolation

Variolation or inoculation was the method first used to immunize an individual against smallpox (Variola) with material taken from a patient or a recently variolated individual in the hope that a mild, but protective infection would result.

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Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Willard_(physician)

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