Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Joseph PARRISH
PARRISH, Joseph, physician, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 2, 1779; son of Isaac and Sarah (Mitchell) Parrish; grandson of John and Elizabeth (Roberts) Parrish, and of Abraham and Sarah (Robins) Mitchell, and fifth in descent from Capt. Edward Parrish (1600-1679) of Yorkshire, England, who immigrated to Maryland about 1640, and was surveyor-general of the province under Lord
Baltimore, whose colonists he is said to have brought to Maryland in the ship he commanded. He was converted to the Quaker faith by George Fox in 1672. Joseph Parrish received a classical education; began the study of medicine with Dr. Caspar Wistar in 1800, and was graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania, M.D., in 1805. He was prominently connected with the principal hospitals and dispensaries in Philadelphia as physician, surgeon or manager throughout his active life. During the winter of 1807-08 he delivered a course of popular lectures on chemistry, which were subsequently twice repeated. In 1808 he was married to Susanna, daughter of John and Ann (Dillwyn) Cox. During
the epidemic of typhus fever of 1812-13 he rejected the practice of his predecessors and totally abandoned bleeding in his treatment. He was president of the board of managers of the Wills hospital for the relief of the indigent blind and lame, 1832-40; a member of the Medical society and College of Physicians of Philadelphia; long a member and ultimately president of the Pennsylvania Abolition society and a prominent member of the Society of Friends. He is the author of many serial books and pamphlets on medical subjects and of contributions to the North American Medical and Surgical Journal. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., March 18, 1840.
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