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Medical Ethics
On December 13th,
at the meeting of the Toronto Medical Society, reference was made to
the fact that some members of the Society had been made unduly
prominent in the public press in connection with their cases. Whilst
it is true that medical men, as a rule, are more thin skinned in
this respect than are either clergymen or lawyers, we must not
forget that the doings of those in the professions last-named are
more of a public nature, and so are, in the natural course, more
open to comment by the press. Though medical men cannot control the
papers, and though the names of medical men may be dragged into
print without their knowledge and consent, and even to their
detriment, we believe that much can be done to discourage such
actions, and that by keeping the harrowing details of operations to
ourselves we will do much to uphold the honor and dignity of a
profession which holds a good position in every civilized country.
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Volume 1 1895 |
