The Works, Literary, Moral, and Medical, of Thomas Percival, M.D.: Volume 3: To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of His Life and Writings, and a Selection

by Thomas Percival and Edward Percival

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108067352
• ISBN13: 9781108067355
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 534 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"