A few rules of medical etiquette / by a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians.

  • Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians.
Date:
1878
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Credit: A few rules of medical etiquette / by a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    who the man may be, if they have only sent for him, and they wish him to continue, there is nothing unprofessional in his doing so. I have known a case where a medical man, hearing that an old patieiit of his had met with an accident, and knowing that another medical man had seen the case, called upon the patient, and made inquiries, and left word that he would call again. This is very objectionable, and, I hold, un¬ professional, as it is possible it was intended to change the doctor, preferring the one they had sent for. I would make the following rule as regards these cases :—That whatever medical man is sent for, if he be the only one called in, the case is his, if the friends and the patient wish him to continue in attendance after the offer to retire in favour of their own medical man has been made. CHAPTER X. It sometimes happens that two medical men do not agree as to the treatment to be adopted after consultation : in such a case, what is the proper course to pursue ? They have examined the case together, have talked the matter over, and their opinions differ : one says “ I would recommend this,” another says “ I would recommend that therefore, whiche.ver course is followed, if