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The Hippocratic Oath
The Hippocratic Oath, taken by physicians, is inscribed in the original ancient Greek, and makes a perfect gift for doctors and medical students.
"I swear
by Apollo Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia and all the gods and goddesses,
making them my witnesses, that I will fulfil according to my ability and judgment this
oath and this covenant:
To hold him who has taught me this art as equal to my parents and to live my life in
partnership with him, and if he is in need of money to give him a share of mine, and to
regard his offspring as equal to my brothers in male lineage and to teach them this art -
if they desire to learn it - without fee and covenant; to give a share of precepts and
oral instruction and all the other learning to my sons and to the sons of him who has
instructed me and to pupils who have signed the covenant and have taken an oath according
to the medical law, but no one else.
I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability and
judgment; I will keep them from harm and injustice.
I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asked for it, nor will I make a
suggestion to this effect. Similarly I will not give to a woman an abortive remedy. In
purity and holiness I will guard my life and my art.
I will not use the knife, not even on sufferers from stone, but will withdraw in favor of
such men as are engaged in this work.
Whatever houses I may visit, I will come for the benefit of the sick, remaining free of
all intentional injustice, of all mischief and in particular of sexual relations with both
female and male persons, be they free or slaves.
What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in
regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to
myself, holding such things shameful to be spoken about.
If I fulfil this oath and do not violate it, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and
art, being honored with fame among all men for all time to come; if I transgress it and
swear falsely, may the opposite of all this be my lot."
The Hippocratic Oath comes in two versions :
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| 12 1/2 in. x 9 in. (32 cm x 22 cm) |
14 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in. (37 cm x 24 cm) |
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