Works, Literary, Moral, and Medical, of Thomas Percival, M. D. : Volume 2 To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of His Life and Writings, and a Selection from His Literary Correspondence

Name: Works, Literary, Moral, and Medical, of Thomas Percival, M. D. : Volume 2 To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of His Life and Writings, and a Selection from His Literary Correspondence
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ISBN: 9781108067348

ISBN-10: 1108067344

ISBN-13: 9781108067348

Edition: 2013

Authors: Thomas Percival

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A physician and medical reformer enthused by the scientific and cultural progress of the Enlightenment as it took hold in Britain, Thomas Percival (1740-1804) wrote on many topics, including public health and demography. His influential publication on medical ethics is considered the first modern formulation. In 1807, his son Edward published this four-volume collection of his father's diverse work. Some of the items here had never been published before, including a selection of Percival's private correspondence and a biographical account written by Edward. Volume 2 contains essays on moral and literary subjects, notably a Socratic discourse on truth as well as miscellaneous observations on…

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List price: $41.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/21/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 594
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 1.34" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English