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

  • Surbled, Georges, 1855-
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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    husbands, who shamefully defraud nature. We must never cease to proclaim the benefits derived by the individual and the community from true and holy love. Herein lies hap- piness; herein lies health for the family and the world. ^ The years roll by; old age comes and with it sickness and infirmity. We treat our patients zealously, and take care not to forget their souls when their lives are in danger. We make sure that their temporal and spiritual affairs are set in order, and we either ourselves inform the patient of his approach - ing end, or notify his relations. This is one of the obligations of our office; it is difficult and solemn. We must not fail to fulfil it, because the price of a soul cannot be estimated. At all times and in all places, a doctor must prove himself animated by duty and full of zeal. He must be devoted to his patients, and determined to help them in ]. Dr. Surbled: L'Amour sain, L'Amour malade, Le Vice conjugal, Autour du raariage.