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 ; Also Notes and Illustrations1849 |
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... ; and , by pointing out these to the officiating clergyman , the sacred offices will be performed with propriety , discrimination , and greater cer- tainty of success . The character of a Physician is MEDICAL ETHICS . 29.
... ; and , by pointing out these to the officiating clergyman , the sacred offices will be performed with propriety , discrimination , and greater cer- tainty of success . The character of a Physician is MEDICAL ETHICS . 29.
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... success . The character of a Physician is usually remote either from superstition or en- thusiasm ; and the aid , which he is now exhorted to give , will tend to their exclusion from the sick wards of the hospital , where their effects ...
... success . The character of a Physician is usually remote either from superstition or en- thusiasm ; and the aid , which he is now exhorted to give , will tend to their exclusion from the sick wards of the hospital , where their effects ...
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... success , it is for the public good , and in an especial degree advantageous to the poor , ( who , being the most numerous class of society , are the greatest beneficiaries of the healing art , ) that new remedies and new methods of ...
... success , it is for the public good , and in an especial degree advantageous to the poor , ( who , being the most numerous class of society , are the greatest beneficiaries of the healing art , ) that new remedies and new methods of ...
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... success of their hospital and private practice ; and would be incited to a diligent inves- tigation of the causes of such difference . In par- ticular diseases it will be found to subsist in a very remarkable degree and the ...
... success of their hospital and private practice ; and would be incited to a diligent inves- tigation of the causes of such difference . In par- ticular diseases it will be found to subsist in a very remarkable degree and the ...
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... successful termination . b The substance of the five preceding articles ( §§ 19-23 ) was As a hospital is the best school for practical Surgery 38 PERCIVAL'S §§ 19-22 Rules to be observed in consultations Rules to be observed respecting ...
... successful termination . b The substance of the five preceding articles ( §§ 19-23 ) was As a hospital is the best school for practical Surgery 38 PERCIVAL'S §§ 19-22 Rules to be observed in consultations Rules to be observed respecting ...
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Page 18 - I HOLD every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Page 163 - Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and fitter for new projects than for settled business. For the experience of age, in things that fall within the compass of it, directeth them; but in new things, abuseth them. The errors of young men are the ruin of business; but the errors of aged men amount but to this, that more might have been done, or sooner.
Page 112 - It is true that rape is a most detestable crime, and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death; but it must be remembered that it is an accusation easily to be made and hard to be proved and harder to be defended by the party accused, though never so innocent.
Page 44 - A physician should not be forward to make gloomy prognostications, because they savor of empiricism, by magnifying the importance of his services in the treatment or cure of the disease. But he should not fail, on proper occasions, to give to the friends of the patient timely notice of danger when it really occurs; and even to the patient himself, if absolutely necessary.
Page 44 - ... danger when it really occurs; and even to the patient himself, if absolutely necessary. This office, however, is so peculiarly alarming when executed by him, that it ought to be declined whenever it can be assigned to any other person of sufficient judgment and delicacy. For, the physician should be the minister of hope and comfort to the sick...
Page 167 - Being thus doubtful in my chamber, one fair day in the summer, my casement being opened towards the south, the sun shining clear, and no wind stirring, I took my book, De Veritate, in my hand, and kneeling on my knees, devoutly said these words :— " O Thou eternal God, Author of the light which now shines upon me, and Giver of all inward illuminations, I do beseech Thee, of Thy infinite...
Page 134 - But I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man, for fear of alarming him. You have no business with consequences ; you are to tell the truth. Besides, you are not sure what effect your telling him that he is in danger may have. It may bring his distemper to a crisis, and that may cure him. Of all lying, I have the greatest abhorrence of this, because I believe it has been frequently practised on myself.
Page 101 - Express malice is when one, with a sedate deliberate mind and formed design, doth kill another : which formed design is evidenced by external circumstances discovering that inward intention; as lying in wait, antecedent menaces, former grudges, and concerted schemes to do him some bodily harm. This takes in the case of deliberate duelling, where both parties meet avowedly with an intent to murder...
Page 163 - Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
Page 47 - ... alleviating pain and other symptoms, and by soothing mental anguish. To decline attendance, under such circumstances, would be sacrificing to fanciful delicacy, and mistaken liberality, that moral duty, which is independent of, and far superior to, all pecuniary consideration. 6. Consultations should be promoted in difficult or protracted cases, as they give rise to confidence, energy, and more enlarged views in practice.