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- Within this difficult context, the English physician Thomas Percival conceived his Medical Ethics (1), that has successively inspired modern codes of medical ethics (the first example was the Code of ethics by the American Medical Association, dated 1847), which organically collect the rules of conduct for physicians.
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Background and aim of the work: In 1803, the English physician Thomas Percival published Medical Ethics, a work destined to become a milestone in the development of modern codes of medical ethics, starting from the first edition of the American Medical Association’s ethical code.
- Bibliographical Note
- Privately and Publicly Published Works of Thomas Percival
- Manuscript and Unpublished Sources
- Online Sources
- Other Published Primary and Secondary Sources
The bibliography that follows this brief introduction comprises four additional sections. Section II comprises Percival’s privately and publicly published works. The former is Medical Jurisprudence. Section III includes manuscript resources, including information about the libraries in which they are deposited. Section IV lists online sources. Sect...
Two printers played an important role in publishing Percival’s writings. William Eyres (1734–1809) was a Warrington publisher, noted especially for the quality of his typography. He also published John Aikin (1713–1780), a noted Dissenter and one of Percival’s teachers at Warrington Academy (Kendrick 1858). Joseph Johnson (1738–1809) was Dissenter ...
1.3.1 Aberdeen University Library
1. AUL 2206/45: 1743. “Medical Notes,” including “A proposal for a medicall society,” by John Gregory.
1.3.2 Edinburgh University Library
1. EUL E.B. 6104 ED 11744. 1744. “Practical remarks on the sympathy of the parts of the body by the late Dr. James Crawford Professor of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh,” article in Medical Essays and Observations, Revised and Published by a Society in Edinburgh, Vol. V, Part II.
1.3.3 Tate Library, Harris Manchester College of the University of Oxford
1. Warrington Academy Papers. 1754. Published letter of July 11, 1754. 2. Report of the Progress that has been made in the Establishment of the Academy at Warrington with an Abstract of the LAWS for the Governance of the STUDENTS. 1758. Report of first meeting of trustees of Warrington Academy 30 June 1757. 3. A Report of the State of the Academy at Warrington Drawn up by the Trustees at their Annual Meeting July 10 MDCCLX. 1760. 4. A Report of the State of the Academy at Warrington Drawn up...
Bible, King James Version. n.d. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV2&byte=2198535. Accessed 4 Sept 2020. 1 Corinthians 31. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=DIV2&b...American Medical Association. n.d. Code of medical ethics. Why does the medical profession need a code of ethics? https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/ethics/why-does-medical-profession-need-co...American Philosophical Society. n.d. https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewis-and-clark-fund-exploration-and-field-research. Accessed 4 Sept 2020.Eccles Old Road. Uncovering Salford’s Lost Heritage. Hart Hill. https://ecclesoldroad.uk/place/hart-hill/. Accessed 4 Sept 2020.No author identified. 1775. A Select Catalogue of Books in the Library Belonging to Warrington Academy. Warrington: Printed by William Eyres.No author identified. 1968. Sir George Baker (1722–1809) Discoverer of the Pathogenesis of Devonshire colic. Journal of the American Medical Association204(6): 541.Abbott, John L. 1970. John Hawkesworth: Friend of Samuel Johnson and editor of Captain Cook’s Voyages and of the Gentleman’s Magazine. Eighteenth Century Studies3(3): 339–350.Aikin, John. 1771. Thoughts on Hospitals, with a Letter to the Author by Thomas Percival. London: Printed for Joseph Johnson, 72 St. Paul’s Churchyard.- Laurence B. Mccullough
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Abstract. Since its appearance in 1803, Percival's Medical Ethics has been the dominant influence in Anglo-American medical ethics and the paradigmatic source for the first, and subsequent, Code of the American Medical Association.
- Edmund D. Pellegrino
- 1986
This book provides the first comprehensive, historically based, philosophical interpretations of two texts of Thomas Percival’s professional ethics in medicine set in the context of his intellectual biography.
- Laurence B. Mccullough
May 28, 2012 · As Percival was the first person to use the expression medical ethics, there is a sense in which the history of something designated medical ethics cannot predate 1803. Most historians, however, treat the history of medical ethics as coextensive with the history of medicine.
Oct 5, 2023 · Percival's medical ethics. by. Percival, Thomas, 1740-1804. Publication date. 1927. Topics. Medical ethics, Morality, Medical regulation, Professional conduct. Publisher. The Williams & Wilkins Company. Collection. illinoiscollegeofoptometry; carli_lib; americana. Contributor. Chauncey D. Leake, 1896-1978. Language. English. Rights.
