THOMAS PERCIVAL, M.D.

F. R. S. AND A. S. LOND. F. R. S. AND R. M. S. EDINB. &c. &c.

Manchester:

PRINTED BY S. RUSSELL,

FOR J. JOHNSON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND
R. BICKERSTAFF, STRAND, LONDON,

1803.

то

SIR GEORGE BAKER, BART.

PHYSICIAN TO THEIR MAJESTIES;

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY;

AND

LATE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS;

&c. &c.

THIS CODE OF

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS;

WHICH HE HAS

HONOURED WITH HIS SANCTION,

AND IMPROVED BY HIS COMMUNICATIONS,

IS GRATEFULLY AND RESPECTFULLY

INSCRIBED,

BY HIS

OBLIGED AND AFFECTIONATE FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.

ΤΟ

E. C. PERCIVAL.

PERMIT ERMIT me, my dear son, to of fer to your acceptance this little

Manual of MEDICAL ETHICS. In the composition of it, my thoughts were directed towards your late excellent Brother, with the tenderest impulse of paternal love: And not a single moral rule was framed without a secret view to his designation; and an anxious wish that it might influence his future conduct.

To you, inferior degree, my esteem and attachment; who are prosecuting

who possess, in no

the