A code of medical ethics : with remarks on the duties of practitioners to their patients, and the obligations of patients to their medical advisers ; also on the duties of the profession to the public, and the obligations of the public to the faculty / by Jukes Styrap.

  • De Styrap, Jukes, 1815-1899.
Date:
1878
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Credit: A code of medical ethics : with remarks on the duties of practitioners to their patients, and the obligations of patients to their medical advisers ; also on the duties of the profession to the public, and the obligations of the public to the faculty / by Jukes Styrap. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to contend with no jealous spirit within doors, nor animosity without; to avoid detraction and calumny—to use no ill-natured remarks respecting our brethren; but ever to bear in mind that portion of the christian's duty, which teaches us to bury in oblivion a brother's *failings, and to raise his virtues from the tomb!—in short, to say nothing, rather than defame, always having in our remembrance that ' to err is h uman—to forgive, divine !' Rest assured, moreover, that unless the feelings and the principles alluded to find a place in the fabric of professional life, and pervade its every part; unless we individually cherish their existence, and rightly estimate their worth, our incompar- able art will never be enrobed in its richest drapery—in that which lends it grace, and dignity, and worth. There cannot, we think, be a doubt but that in our profession, unlike all others, the social principle is weak—and that each member is too apt to consider his own individual case and inte- rests, regardless of the detriment the profession at large thereby • MAN, KNOW THYSELF ! Let each man learn to know himself ! To gain that knowledge let him labour : Improve those failings in himself, Which he condemns so in his neighbour; How lenient we our own faults view, And conscience' voice adeptly smother : But oh, how harshly we review The self same errors in another! And when you meet an erring one, ■y^Tiose deeds are blamable or thoughtless : Consider, ere you cast the stone, If you yourself are pure and faultless; Oh list to that small voice within, Whose whisp'rings oft make men confounded : And trumpet not another's sin— You'd deeply blush if yours were sounded! Or m self judgment if you find, Your deeds to others are superior: To you has Providence been kind, As you should be to those inferior; Example sheds a genial ray Of light that men are apt to borrow : So first improve yourself to day— And then improve your friends to-morrow.