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Edward Nathaniel Brush | |
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_(cropped).png) Caricature of Brush in 1916 publication | |
| Born | (1852-04-23)April 23, 1852 |
| Died | January 10, 1933(1933-01-10) (aged 80) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Resting place | Green Mount Cemetery Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Buffalo |
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| Children | 3 |
Edward Nathaniel Brush (April 23, 1852 – January 10, 1933) was an Americanphysician, amental hospital administrator, and aneditor of psychiatric journals.
Edward Nathaniel Brown was born on April 23, 1852, inGlenwood,Erie County, New York, to Myra Theresa (née Warren) and Nathaniel Howland Brush.[1] He attended public and private schools, and entered studied medicine at theUniversity of Buffalo. He graduated in 1874. His thesis was on syphilitic infections of the nervous system.[1] In 1871, he began working under Dr.Julius Miner, professor of surgery, and owner ofThe Buffalo Journal of Medicine and Surgery.[1][citation needed]
After receiving his medical degree, Brush opened his practice inBuffalo, New York. He served as editor forThe Buffalo Journal of Medicine and Surgery from March 1874[1] to 1878, and published four articles in the journal. He lectured inelectro-therapeutics at the University of Buffalo medical school from 1877 to 1879.[1][citation needed] In 1876, he became a visiting physician at theSisters of Charity Hospital in Buffalo.[1] In 1878, he accepted the position of assistant physician at theUtica State Hospital (originally the New York State Lunatic Asylum), and practiced there until 1884. The Utica State Hospital owned and publishedThe American Journal of Insanity, withJohn Gray, as its editor. Brush became associate editor of the journal.[1]
In 1884, his former colleague at Utica,John Chapin was called to thePennsylvania Hospital inPhiladelphia to become physician-in-chief of the Department of the Insane. Chapin invited Brush to join him in Philadelphia, and Brush accepted the offer. He worked at the hospital for two years. He continued working with the editorial board ofThe American Journal of Insanity.
TheSheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, a private mental hospital inBaltimore, opened in 1891, and Brush accepted the role of superintendent on February 9, 1891.[2] He stayed until his retirement in 1920.[1] He was a professor of psychiatry at theCollege of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore until 1920.[1] He continued to serve on the editorial Board and as editor ofThe American Journal of Insanity, which becameThe American Journal of Psychiatry in 1921 when it was bought by theAmerican Psychiatric Association (APA). Brush became editor emeritus in 1931.
Brush was active inpsychiatric andmental health activities throughout his professional life. His editorial positions gave him a window on psychiatric activities in the country. He was influential among psychiatric and lay groups. He joined theAmerican Neurological Association in 1890. He served as President of the Baltimore Medical Society in 1908,[citation needed] and theMedical Chirurgical Society of Maryland in 1905.[1] He was an honorary member of theMedico-Psychological Association of Great Britain and Ireland, an honorary member of theSociété Royale de Médecine Mentale de Belgique, and was a Foreign Associate member of theSociété Médico-Psychologique in Paris. He was President of theAmerican Psychiatric Association from 1915 to 1916. DuringWorld War I, he served on the Advisory Board and the Draft board in Baltimore.
In 1902, Brush traveled to Germany to study continental psychiatric clinics. In 1907, he was a delegate to the International Congress of Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychology at Amsterdam.[2]
Brush married Delia A. Hawley of Buffalo.[1] She died in December 1911. Brush married Marie T. Hartman on August 6, 1914.[2] He had two daughters and one son, Mrs. W. Hall Harris Jr., Mrs. Lloyd Parker Shiffer and Nathaniel H.[1]
After his retirement from Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, Brush remained in Baltimore until his death. Brush died on January 10, 1933, ofpneumonia at his home at 2012 Greenberry Road inMount Washington, Baltimore.[1] He was buried atGreen Mount Cemetery in Baltimore.[3]
In 1932, at the 40th meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, the annual dinner honored Brush on his 80th birthday. He was presented with a vellum scroll of appreciation for his 41 years on the editorial boardThe American Journal of Psychiatry, serving as editor from 1904 to 1931.[1][citation needed]
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