Medical ethics, or, a code of institutes and precepts, adapted to the professional conduct of physicians and surgeons ... to which is added an appendix, containing a discourse on hospital duties / by Thomas Percival.

  • Percival, Thomas, 1740-1804.
Date:
1803
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    XVI.—Nuisances defined and considered. XVII.—Duty of medical genllemen when summoned to attend co- roners, migistrates and judges. XVIII.—Importance to gentlemen of the faculty of settling their opinions con- cerning the right of magistrates to inflict capital pu- nishment.—The limits prescribed to the exercise of the f ight ; and the duty of giving full efficiency to law. XIX.—Cautions relative to professional testimony h\ cases of peculiar malignity. XX. A Discourse on Hospital Dutic*. Addresses.—I. To the faculty, p. 120.—II. To the of- ficers and sunei intend;»nts, p. 126.—III. To the clergy, p. 130.—IV. To the trustees of the Infirmary at Li- verpool, p. 132. Notes and Illustrations. Note. Page. I. Hospital at Manchester 135 II. Distribution of printed copies of the Medical Ethics J 39 III. Situation, construction and government of hos- pitals 110 IV. House of reception for patients ill of contagious fevers 117 V. Caution or temerity in practice 152 VI. Temperance of physicians 154 VII. A physician should be the minister of hope and comfort to the sick.—Enquiry, how far it is justifiable to violate truth for the supposed benefit of the patient 156 VIII. The practice of prior physicians should be treated with candour, and justified so far as truth and probity will permit 16S IX. Theoretical discussions should be generally avoided 169 X. Regular 0