| The Works, Literary, Moral, and Medical, of Thomas Percival, M.D.: Volume 1: To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of His Life and Writings, and a Selection Contributor(s): Percival, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108067336 ISBN-13: 9781108067331 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $71.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - Literary Collections - History |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine |
| Physical Information: 1.46" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.83 lbs) 662 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 1 contains this biography and the full text of Percival's popular self-improvement book, A Father's Instructions, originally intended for his own children and then published in three parts between 1775 and 1800. His Medical Ethics (1803) and Essays Medical and Experimental (revised edition, 1772-3) have been reissued separately in this series. |
