CHAPTER II.. _of Professional Conduct in Private or General Practice._

Of Professional Conduct in Private or General Practice.

§ 1. Moral rules of conduct, the same with those to be observed towards hospital patients 47

§ 2. The strictest temperance required ib.

§ 3. Proper conduct to be observed respecting prognostications, and the disclosure of circumstances to the friends of the patients 48

§ 4. Proper conduct respecting interference in cases under the charge of another 49

§ 5. Conduct to be observed towards a Physician formerly employed by the patient, but not now consulted 50

§ 6. Distinction between the provinces of Physic and Surgery to be steadily maintained ib.

§ 7. Consultations to be promoted in difficult or protracted cases 51

§ 8. Special consultation.—Conduct of the Physician called in 52

§ 9. Theoretical discussions to be avoided in consultations 53

§ 10. Rules for consultations the same with those prescribed to the Faculty attending hospitals.—Seniority, how determined ib.

§ 11. Education of Medical men—what influence it ought to have in the consideration of their brethren ib.

§ 12. Punctuality in visits of consultation—further rules to be observed 54

§ 13. Visits to the sick not to be unseasonably repeated 55

§ 14. Rules to be observed with regard to fees, when a Physician officiates in the absence, or at the request, of another ib.

§ 15. Importance of adopting some general rule respecting pecuniary acknowledgements 56

§ 16. Medical men and their families, when to be attended gratuitously 57

§ 17. Peculiar delicacy and attention often required in attendance upon them 58

§ 18. Attendance on clergymen in narrow circumstances ib.

§ 19. Consultation by letter 59

§ 20. Rules to be observed in furnishing certificates ib.

§ 21. Use of quack medicines to be discouraged 60

§ 22. The dispensing of nostrums reprobated 61

§ 23. Duty incumbent on individuals to promote the general reputation of the Faculty collectively ib.

§ 24. Rule to be observed in professional controversy and contention 62

§ 25. Giving advice gratis ib.

§ 26. Rule to be observed in visiting the patient of another Physician 63

§ 27. Another case of the same ib.

§ 28. Review of the treatment and progress of interesting cases recommended ib.

§ 29. Moral and religious advice to patients 64

§ 30. Observance of the Sabbath by Medical gentlemen considered 65

§ 31. Co-operation of young and aged practitioners ib.

§ 32. Period of senescence in Physicians considered 66