THE

MORAL ASPECTS OF MEDICAL LIFE.

C. AND J. ADLARD, PRINTERS, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.

THE

MORAL ASPECTS

OF

MEDICAL LIFE,

CONSISTING OF THE

'AKESIOS' OF PROFESSOR K. F. H. MARX.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN.

WITH

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES AND ILLUSTRATIVE REMARKS.

BY

JAMES MACKNESS, M. D.

MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS,
CONSULTING PHYSICIAN TO THE HASTINGS DISPENSARY.

"Nous le disons avec conviction, élevez le médecin le plus que vous pourrez, élevez-le à ses propres yeux, élevez-le aux yeux de ses concitoyens, car sa mission est sainte, car elle suppose le plus absolu dévouement; car il faut qu'il ait une haute idée de l'humanité pour comprendre ce que vaut la vie de l'homme."-SIMON.

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ARCHIBALD ROBERTSON, M.D. F.R. S.

&c. &c.

WHO, IN HIS INTERCOURSE WITH HIS BRETHREN AND THE PUBLIC, HAS, DURING A LONG PROFESSIONAL CAREER,

HONORABLY EXEMPLIFIED THE PRINCIPLES MAIN

TAINED IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES,

This Work is Inscribed,

WITH SENTIMENTS OF GENUINE ESTEEM AND GRATITUDE,

BY HIS OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL FRIEND,

JAMES MACKNESS.

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