J. H. Rush
Physician, Deceased Person
1868 – 1931
Who was J. H. Rush?
Jesse Hackley Rush was an American physician who founded the first private hospital in Meridian, Mississippi.
Rush was born in De Kalb, Mississippi. One of the sons of William Vaughn Rush and Julia Rush Key, Rush married Mary Hunnicutt and this union produced three children: H Lowry, Dorothy and Leslie Vaughn. His sons H. Lowry and Leslie would follow in their father's footsteps and join the medical profession; Leslie Rush's contribution to orthopedic medicine is the invention of the "Rush Pin", which revolutionized the treatment of bone fractures and has continued to be used in the 21st century.
In 1915, J. H. Rush founded Rush's Infirmary, an 18-bed facility that became the first private hospital in Meridian, Mississippi. When Rush's Infirmary opened its doors, the staff consisted of Dr. and Mrs. Rush, one registered nurse and six student nurses. Rapid growth soon followed.
Dr. J. H. Rush died at the start of the 1931 at the age of 62. His work continued, however, and in 1947, the hospital became a non-profit institution and was renamed Rush Memorial Hospital in commemoration of its founder. Since 1965, the facility has been known as Rush Foundation Hospital.
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