On the duties of physicians, resulting from their profession / by Thomas Gisborne.

Date:
1847
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On the duties of physicians, resulting from their profession / by Thomas Gisborne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    ' possess SO many splendid prizes as the Church and the Bar, and on that account perhaps is rarely, if ever, pursued by young men of noble families ; it is by no means barren of honours and attractions. It opens the way to reputation and wealth ; and raises the Physician to a level, in the intercourse of common life, with the highest classes of societv. The method pursued in this [little work], will be the following :— The duties incumbent on the Medical Student during the course of his preparatory pursuits, will be considered in the first place . . p. 5. In the second place, will be stated some obser- vations referring to the peculiar situation of a Physician, when he commences the exercise of his profession . . . . . . p. 13. The third head will be allotted to the general duties of the Physician in actual practice. Under this description is implied the conduct which he ought to adopt, 1. towards his patients, their fami- lies and friends; 2. towards other Physicians ; and 3. towards persons who occupy the inferior de- partments of the Medical Profession. . p. 18. Under the fourth head will be noticed the collateral studies and pursuits, to which his leisure may with peculiar propriety be devoted . p. 44.