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CODE OF MEDICAL ETHICS
ADOPTED BY THE HANCOCK CoUNry MrD-
CAL ASSOCIATION AT THEIR MEETING ON
THE 23sD or AuGUsr, 1850.
Duties for the Support of Professional
Character.
Art l. Every individual, on entering
the profession, As lie bee ,mes thereby en-.
titled to all its privileges and imnoni,'es,
incurs an obligation to exert his bes, abI'i.
ties 10 maintain its dignity and honor. to
exert its standing, and to extend the
bounds Of its usefulness He shonld a.
void all disrespectful remarks relative to
the faculty. as a body, and entertain
due re~pec, for his seniors who have by
their labors brought medical science to
the elevated condition in which he finds
Il.
Art. g. 1t is derogatory to the dIgnl-
,y Of the profession to resort to pubic
advertisements or private cards or hand
bills. inviting the attention OF individuals
affected " ith particular diseases, public.
" Offering advice and medicine to the
poor gratis or promising radical cures;
or 10 boast of cures and remedies. TO adj
dnce certificates OF skill and success, or
TO perform airy other similar acts. Equal
" deroga,ory To professional character Is
it, for physician TO hold patent for
any surgical instrument or medicine; or
10 dispense secret nostrmm whether ii
be the composition or exclusive property
of himself, or Of others. II is also repre-
hensibe for physiciansio 10 give certificates
a,.esing the efficacy Of patent or secret
medicines, or in any way TO promote the
use Of them.
Profe. sional services Of Physicians to each
other.
Art 3. All practitioners OF medicine.
their wives, and their children while un-
der the parental care, are entitled /"
graluilous services Of any one or more OF
the faculty residing near lhcal, whose
assistance may be desired.
Duty of Physicians respecting Nicarious
Offices.
Art / The affairs oflife the pursuit
of health and the various accidents and
contingencies to which medical man IL
exposed sometimes require him temp
orarly to withdraw from his duties TO
his patients and to request some of his
professional brethren to officiate for him.
Compliance with this request IS all act OF
cnurtesy,w should always be perform.
ed with the utmost con sidera,ion for the
interest anu character OF ,he family
physician, and when exercised for short
period, all the pecuniary obligations for
such services should be awarded to him
But in obstetrical and impor:an, surgical
case s.w hch give rise 10 unusual fatigue,
anxiety and responsibility, it is jus, ,ha,
the fees accruing therelrom Should be
awarded to the physician who ofIiciatcs.
Duty of Physicians in regard to Consulta-
tions.
Art 5. A regular medical education
furnishes the only presum,ive evidence of
professional al'il,ie. and requirements,
and ought to be the only acknowledged
righ, OF an individual to the exercise and
honors Of his profession.
Art. 6. In consultations no rivalshp
or jeaiousy should be indulged; candor,
probity and all due respect should be
exercised towards The physician having
charge of the case.
Art Z. In consultations the attend
ing physician should be the first to pro.
pose The necessary questions to the SICK;
after which the consulting physician
should have the opportunity to make such
further inquiries of the paten, as may be
necessary TO satisfy him Of The true
character of the case. Both physicians
should then retire to private place for
deIiberarion; and the one first in attend
ance should communicate the directions
agreed upon to the pa.ien, or his friends
as well as any opinion which i, may be
thought proper to express; and no opin.
ions or representations shou d be de.
livered, which are not the resul, oi
previous deliberation and concurrence.
Dirt. 8. In consultations. the physi.
clan in attendance should deliver his
opinions first; aud when there are sever
al consulting, they should deliver their
opinions in The orde. in which they have