Adam Kuhn (28 November 1741–5 July 1817) was an American physician and naturalist, and one of the earliest professors of medicine in a North American university. Kuhn was born in Germantown, son of German immigrant parents. He studied medicine under his father. Then he went to Sweden and studied medicine and natural history 1761–1764 at Uppsala University, where he was probably the only American student of Carolus Linnaeus.
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- Adam Kuhn (28 November 1741–5 July 1817) was an American physician and naturalist, and one of the earliest professors of medicine in a North American university. Kuhn was born in Germantown, son of German immigrant parents. He studied medicine under his father. Then he went to Sweden and studied medicine and natural history 1761–1764 at Uppsala University, where he was probably the only American student of Carolus Linnaeus. He continued his studies at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated as M.D. in June 1767, and published his thesis, De Lavatione frigida. Returning to America, he practiced as a physician in Philadelphia and was 1768–1789 professor of Materia medica and 1789–1797 of the Theory and Practice of Medicine at the Medical School of the College of Philadelphia, founded in 1765 as the first faculty of Medicine in the thirteen colonies. Kuhn was a physician of the Pennsylvania Hospital from May 1775, until January 1798. He was one of the founders of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1787, and was its president from July 1808 until his death. Benjamin Rush wrote in his autobiography that Kuhn, after the death of Dr John Jones in June 1791, was considered the leading physician in Philadelphia and the one favored by "the principal officers of the general government". He treated "Washington Custes" (George Washington Custis, the son of Washington's stepson, see Martha Washington) and functioned as the family physician of George Washington. There is, however, no evidence that he actually treated the President.
- Fichier:Adam Kuhn. jpg Adam Kuhn Adam Kuhn est un médecin et un naturaliste américain, né en 1741 à Germantown et mort en 1817. Fils d’émigrants d’origine allemande, il étudie la médecine et l’histoire naturelle de 1761 à 1764 à l’université d'Uppsala en Suède où il est probablement le seul étudiant américain de Carl von Linné (1707-1778). Il poursuit ses études à l’université d'Édimbourg où il obtient son titre de docteur en médecine en 1767. Kuhn revient aux États-Unis, où il pratique la médecine à Philadelphie. De 1768 à 1789, il est professeur de Materia medica et de 1789 à 1797 à l’École de médecine de Philadelphie, aujourd’hui intégrée à l’université de Pennsylvanie. Cette école, fondée en 1765, est la première école de médecine des treize premières colonies. Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) écrit dans son autobiographie que Kuhn devient, après la mort du docteur John Jones (1729-1791), le médecin le plus en vue de Philadelphie. Il soigne les principaux leaders du gouvernement et est ainsi le médecin de famille de George Washington (1732-1799). Kuhn participe à la fondation du College of Physicians of Philadelphia en 1787 qu’il dirige en 1808.
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- Adam Kuhn (28 November 1741–5 July 1817) was an American physician and naturalist, and one of the earliest professors of medicine in a North American university. Kuhn was born in Germantown, son of German immigrant parents. He studied medicine under his father. Then he went to Sweden and studied medicine and natural history 1761–1764 at Uppsala University, where he was probably the only American student of Carolus Linnaeus.
- Fichier:Adam Kuhn. jpg Adam Kuhn Adam Kuhn est un médecin et un naturaliste américain, né en 1741 à Germantown et mort en 1817. Fils d’émigrants d’origine allemande, il étudie la médecine et l’histoire naturelle de 1761 à 1764 à l’université d'Uppsala en Suède où il est probablement le seul étudiant américain de Carl von Linné (1707-1778). Il poursuit ses études à l’université d'Édimbourg où il obtient son titre de docteur en médecine en 1767.
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