Medical etiquette: handbook of elementary deontology / Translated from the 2nd French edition by W.P. Grant, with a preface by Sir Dyce Duckworth.

  • Georges Surbled
Date:
1910
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Credit: Medical etiquette: handbook of elementary deontology / Translated from the 2nd French edition by W.P. Grant, with a preface by Sir Dyce Duckworth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    truth, even if it outrages our feelings, and is contrary to our inclinations. We get into close touch with families; we know every member, and follow each from the cradle to the grave. We are summoned to render varied services. If the child comes into the world asphyxiated and apparently dead, or if it is so weak that its condition causes alarm, we at once arrange to baptize it. The procedure is very simple. We call for water and pour it on the child's head, saying the words: I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. The same rule should be followed at a premature confinement or an accidental abortion. When the child and the mem- branes appear, it is first baptized condition- ally within the membranes; these are then ruptured, and the operation is repeated directly on the child. Young children merely require advice about health and medical treatment. But
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