PERCIVAL, Thomas (1740-1804). Medical Ethics, or, a code of Institutes and Precepts, adapted to the Professional Conduct of Physicians and Surgeons. Manchester and London: S. Russell for J. Johnson and R. Bickerstaff, 1803. 8 o (224 x 137 mm., uncut). Contemporary boards (light wear to spine and edges); cloth slipcase. Provenance : R.H. Leigh (dedicatee, presentation by the author on front free endpaper); Herbert McLean Evans (bookplate). PRESENTATION COPY of the first trade edition, inscribed by Percival on front free endpaper. "First published for private circulation, 1794. The British and American medical professions have adopted much of 'Percival' in their ethical codes" (Garrison-Morton). "Even today, after undergoing several revisions, the American Medical Association guidelines of ethical conduct for the physician are still based on those formulated by Percival" ( Heirs of Hippocrates ). Garrison-Morton 1764; Heirs of Hippocrates 1037; Osler 3645; Waller 7299; Norman 1681.
PERCIVAL, Thomas (1740-1804). Medical Ethics, or, a code of Institutes and Precepts, adapted to the Professional Conduct of Physicians and Surgeons. Manchester and London: S. Russell for J. Johnson and R. Bickerstaff, 1803. 8 o (224 x 137 mm., uncut). Contemporary boards (light wear to spine and edges); cloth slipcase. Provenance : R.H. Leigh (dedicatee, presentation by the author on front free endpaper); Herbert McLean Evans (bookplate). PRESENTATION COPY of the first trade edition, inscribed by Percival on front free endpaper. "First published for private circulation, 1794. The British and American medical professions have adopted much of 'Percival' in their ethical codes" (Garrison-Morton). "Even today, after undergoing several revisions, the American Medical Association guidelines of ethical conduct for the physician are still based on those formulated by Percival" ( Heirs of Hippocrates ). Garrison-Morton 1764; Heirs of Hippocrates 1037; Osler 3645; Waller 7299; Norman 1681.
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