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Historical Bibliography Updated: November 11, 2022

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 ....

Publication Details

Manchester: J. Johnson and R. Bickerstaff, 1803 CE.

An incomplete version was first printed for private circulation, 1794. Two variants dated 1794 are known: One is dated February 24, 1794 on the "advertisement" at the end, the other is dated April 4, 1794 on a leaf at the beginning.

The British and American medical professions adopted much of “Percival” in their ethical codes. Digital facsimile of the 1803 edition from the Internet Archive at this link.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#1764
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/3201
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLmedical-ethics-or-a-code-of-institutes-and-precepts-adapted-to-the-professional-conduct-of-physicians-and-surgeons

Geographic Context

Publication place: Manchester