Treatise — Charles Coppens, S.J.
Moral Principles and Medical Practice: The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence
First published 1897. The first edition (New York: Benziger Brothers, 1897), from the Project Gutenberg transcription (ebook no. 18616). Nine lectures delivered to the students of the John A. Creighton Medical College, Omaha. Only Lecture I is paragraph-numbered in print (1–8, omitting 4, as in the original); elsewhere the paragraph marks ¶ 1, ¶ 2… are ours, for citation. The transcriber’s three marked corrections are kept, marked with an editorial dagger. Download: PDF · EPUB The original this transcription was made from: Project Gutenberg #18616.
Coppens’ lectures on medical ethics for physicians: the moral law as the basis of medical jurisprudence; craniotomy and abortion and the absolute inviolability of innocent life; the errors of materialist science on the soul; venereal excesses and the counsel of continence; the physician’s professional rights and duties; the nature and legal bearing of insanity; and hypnotism with the border-land of science.
The book’s own contents, as printed: Contents (as printed)
Contents
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- Title Page and Dedication
- Approbations
- Contents (as printed)
- Preface
- Lecture I. Introductory — the Foundation of Jurisprudencenn. 1–8
- Lecture II. Craniotomy
- Lecture III. Abortion
- Lecture IV. Views of Scientists and Sciolists
- Lecture V. Venereal Excesses
- Lecture VI. The Physician’s Professional Rights and Duties
- Lecture VII. The Nature of Insanity
- Lecture VIII. The Legal Aspects of Insanity