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Lot 81
Sale 5524 - Fine Books & Ephemera
Jan 22, 2004
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1 vol.
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1 vol.
Percival, Thomas. Medical Ethics; or, a Code of Institutes and Precepts,... Mancester: S. Russell for J. Johnson,..., and R. Bickerstaff, 1803. First regular edition. 8vo, contemp. calf; worn & rubbed, covers detached. Front free endpaper loose, occasional darkening to edges of front matter leaves. Adverts. Early 19th-century Pennsylvania Hospital Library bookplate on front paste-down, library ink number at foot of dedication page. Ownership inscription of Dr. F. William Sunderman on front paste-down.
Garrison & Morton 1764: The British and American medical professions have adopted much of "Percival" in their ethical codes.