Medical Ethics; or, a Code of Institutes and Percepts, Adapted to the Professional Conduct of Physicians and Surgeons. I. In Hospital Practice. II. In Private or General Practice. III. In Relation to Apothecaries. IV. In Cases, which may Require a Knowledge of Law. To Which is Added an Appendix; Containing a Discourse on Hospital Duties; also Notes and Illustrations by Thomas Percival, M.D.

PERCIVAL, Thomas

Published by Manchester: Printed by S. Russell for J. Johnson and R. Bickerstaff, 1803.

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xvi, 246 pp. Recent 1/4-leather and marbled boards, with new leather spine label. Text browned. Very Good. An incomplete version was printed for private distribution in 1794. The book offered here is the first published edition. Garrison-Morton 1764 (citing the 1803 edition): "The British and American medical professions have adopted much of 'Percival' in their ethical codes." "When the American Medical Association adopted its first code of ethics in 1847, many of its precepts were drawn from this book. Even today, after undergoing several revisions, the American Medical Association guidelines of ethical conduct for the physician are still based on those formulated by Percival. . . . The first half of the volume is devoted to the ethical principles which physicians and surgeons should exercise in their dealings with hospitals, with one another, with apothecaries, and in those cases where familiarity with the law is required. The second half of the book consists of an appendix containing a sermon on hospital duties addressed to the Liverpool Infirmary in 1791 by Percival's eldest son as well as a series of notes by Thomas Percival that enlarge upon the textual footnotes" (Heirs of Hippocrates 1037). Bibliotheca Osleriana 3645.

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• Title: Medical Ethics; or, a Code of Institutes and Percepts, Adapted to the Professional Conduct of Physicians and Surgeons. I. In Hospital Practice. II. In Private or General Practice. III. In Relation to Apothecaries. IV. In Cases, which may Require a Knowledge of Law. To Which is Added an Appendix; Containing a Discourse on Hospital Duties; also Notes and Illustrations by Thomas Percival, M.D.
• Publisher: Manchester: Printed by S. Russell for J. Johnson and R. Bickerstaff, 1803.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good