...ever shrink from the faithful discharge of his duties in case of epidemic and contagious diseases. When pestilence prevails it is their duty to face the danger and to continue their labors, even at the jeopardy of their own lives. When a funeral director accompanies the remains and funeral...

...unspecified reasons. Contrasting these carefully worded phrases with the AMA's ringing exhortations of 1847: "And when pestilence prevails, it is their duty to face the danger." (AMA 1871:32), Freedman deplores the evolution of codes that simply mirror acceptable practice habits...

...ventilation, and sanitation generally; and in respect to measures for the prevention and mitigation of epidemic and contagious diseases; and, when pestilence...their duty to face the danger, and to continue their labours for the alleviation of the suffering, even at the risk of their own lives. 2. Medical men should...

...OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PUBLIC TO THE PROFESSION Art. I — Duties of the Profession to the Public As good citizens, it is the duty of physicians to...suffering, even at the jeopardy of their own lives. Medical men should also be always ready, when called on by the legally constituted authorities, to...

...time, can be seen as early as the first AMA Code of Ethics in l847. It instructed physicians that "... when pestilence prevails, it is their duty to face...suffering, even at the jeopardy of their own lives."" The emphasis from this era of the medical tradition, then, is that a physician's duty extends beyond...

...the AMA code of 1847 (Zuger 1987) was unique in its forthright assertion of such a responsibility. "And when pestilence prevails, it is their duty to...and to continue their labors for the alleviation of suffering, even at the jeopardy of their own lives." This provision remained in the code until 1957,...

...service" (chap. 1, art. 1, 2, 5) and to accept that "when pestilence prevails" they were "duty [bound] to face the danger, and to continue their labors for the alleviation of suffering, even at the jeopardy of their own lives" (chap. 3, art. 1-3). Never before had physicians...

...ever ready to give counsel to the public in matters especially appertaining to their professions, or on subjects of medical police, public hygiene, and...suffering, even at the jeopardy of their own lives. Sec. 2. Medical men should also be always ready, when called on by the legally constituted authorities,...

...ready to give counsel to the public in relation to matters especially appertaining to their p^pfession, as on subjects of medical police, public hygiene and...their duty to face the danger and to continue their labor for the alleviation of the suffering, even at the jeopardy of their own lives. Medical men should...

...and similar institutions; in relation to the medical police of towns, as drainage, ventilation, etc.; and in regard to measures for the prevention of epidemic...suffering, even at the jeopardy of their own lives." Our duty to the healthy is as great as to the diseased. Indeed, the protection of the public health...