Michael Ryan’s Writings on Medical Ethics (eBook)

Michael Ryan's Writings on Medical Ethics 1
Title Page 3
Copyright Page 4
Acknowledgements 5
Contents 6
Part I: Introductory Essay: Michael Ryan and Medical Ethics 8
Chapter 1 9
I Medical Ethics in the English and Scottish Enlightenment 9
IA John Gregory 12
IB Thomas Percival 16
Chapter 2 23
II Michael Ryan: A Biographical Summary 23
IIA Origins 23
IIB Medical Studies 23
IIC Irish Medical Career 24
IID New Directions - London, 1828 26
IIE The Medico-Botanical Society 28
IIF The London Medical and Surgical Journal 29
IIG The Ramadge Case 31
IIH Later History of the LMSJ 33
III Ryan the Medical Lecturer 33
IIJ Ryan’s Medical Writings 35
IIK The Metropolitan Free Hospital 35
IIL Ryan’s Death 39
Chapter 3 41
III Ryan’s Writings on Medical Ethics 41
IIIA Manual of Medical Jurisprudence 41
IIIB Manual on Midwifery 50
IIIC Prostitution in London and Philosophy of Marriage 53
IIID Ryan’s Later Influence 59
IIIE Ryan’s Place in the Development of Modern Medical Ethics 60
Notes 63
Part II: Selected Writings by Ryan 83
Chapter 4 84
Introduction 84
Notes 103
Chapter 5 105
Origin of Medicine - Veneration for Its Cultivators 105
Notes 108
Chapter 7 110
Medical Ethics of Hippocrates 110
Notes 120
Chapter 7 122
Medical Ethics of the Middle Ages1 122
Notes 132
Chapter 8 134
Ethics of the Present Age 134
Dr. Percival’s Medical Ethics19 152
Section 1. Of Professional Conduct Relative to Hospitals, or Other Medical Charities 152
Section II. Of Professional Conduct in Private or General Practice 160
Section III. Of the Conduct of Physicians Towards Apothecaries 168
Notes 171
Chapter 9 174
American Medical Ethics 174
Professional Reputation 174
Notes 181
Chapter 10 183
Medical Education 183
Medical Degrees, Diplomas, and Medical Appointments 186
Entry of a Junior Medical Practitioner into the World 188
Notes 213
Chapter 11 215
Selections from Ryan’s Obstetrical Writings 215
1 From Manual on Midwifery, 1828 Edition 215
2 From Manual of Midwifery, 1841 Edition 219
B Conflicts Between Preserving the Lives of the Infant and Mother: from Manual of Midwifery, 1841 Edition 220
Notes 233
Bibliography 235
I Writings by Michael Ryan 235
II Secondary Sources and Other Works 237
Index 241