ed in it were positively erroneous, the Editor preferred correcting them (where necessary,) in a noted. Of the Notes and Illustrations added by Dr. Percival several have been omitted, as being no longer wanted, as also has the "Discourse on Hospital Duties" by his son. The By republishing Dr. Percival's Code the Editor does not mean to imply his agreement with all the opinions it contains, or his entire approval either of the plan or the execution of the work. want of a detailed and scientific treatise on the subject of Medical Ethics, suited to the present state of the Profession in Great Britain, (as M. Simon's admirable "Déontologie Médicale" is to France,) is beginning to be universally felt. It has indeed long occupied the Editor's thoughts, and (as he has already ventured to intimate to the publice,) he still hopes, if life and leisure be allowed him, and if no abler writer step forward to anticipate his design, to endeavour at some future time to supply it. Sept. 11, 1849. d All the Editor's additions are placed within brackets. In the Advertisement to Gisborne "On the Duties of Physicians." Nulla enim vitae pars, neque publicis neque privatis, neque forensibus neque domesticis in rebus, neque si tecum agas quid, neque si cum altero contrahas, vacare officio potest; in eoque colendo sita vitae est honestas omnis, et in negligendo turpitudo.-(Cicero, De Off. i. 2.) Of Professional Conduct relative to Hospitals, or other § 2. Choice of their attendant Physician or Surgeon, ib. § 4. No discussion concerning the nature of their case ib. § 6. Moral and religious influence of sickness to be § 7. Propriety of suggesting to patients, under cer- tain circumstances, the importance of making their § 8. Parsimony in prescribing wine and drugs of ib. ib. § 10. Professional charges to be made only before § 11. Proper discrimination between the Medical and Chirurgical cases to be strictly adhered to § 12. What circumstances authorize new remedies and new methods of Chirurgical treatment § 13. Unreserved intercourse should subsist between the gentlemen of the Faculty; and an account of every case or operation which is rare, curious, or instructive, should be regularly drawn up and § 14. Scheme for hospital registers § 15. Advantages arising from the scheme § 16. Close and crowded wards reprobated § 17. Establishment of a committee of the gentle- § 18. Importance of frequent consultations, and §§ 19-22. Rules to be observed in consultations § 23. Rules to be observed respecting operations § 29. Modes of acquiring knowledge in the treat- § 30. Treatment of lunatics-tenderness-indulgence § 31. Boldness of practice sometimes required in Of Professional Conduct in Private or General Practice. § 5. Conduct to be observed towards a Physician formerly employed by the patient, but not now |