Percival's code : a chapter in the historical development of medical ethics / Chauncey D. Leake.

  • Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978.
Date:
1923
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Credit: Percival's code : a chapter in the historical development of medical ethics / Chauncey D. Leake. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    protracted and often expensive attendance; and his pecuniary acknowledgments may be refused from prejudice, from cap¬ tiousness, from parsimony, or from dishonesty. Under such circumstances considerations of benevolence, humanity, and gratitude, are wholly set aside: For when disputes arise, they must be suspended or extinguished; and the question at issue, can alone be decided on the principles of commutative justice.