Medical etiquette: handbook of elementary deontology / Translated from the 2nd French edition by W.P. Grant, with a preface by Sir Dyce Duckworth.

  • Surbled, Georges, 1855-
Date:
1910
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Credit: Medical etiquette: handbook of elementary deontology / Translated from the 2nd French edition by W.P. Grant, with a preface by Sir Dyce Duckworth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chapter 2, CONSCIENCE AND RELIGION. The Hippocratic oath is the law of medi- cine. It summarises ethics and contains all our duties. At one time, the newly qualified practitioner solemnly took it in the presence of the Faculty in session, binding himself on his honour, to observe its strict rules. It is very unfortunate that this splendid tradition was ever given up, and I am glad to say that, in our own day, the Catholic Faculty at Lille has been proud to revive it; young doctors now come before the altar and take the ancient Hippocratic oath. The principle and meaning of the oath are excellent; so is the essential aphorism which must be retained :—That the doctor must be learned, skilful in his art, and honest in every action of his life. These words are grand and full of promise,