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I swear by Apollo the physician, by Aesculapius, Hygeia, and Panacea, and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep according to my ability and my judgement, the following Oath.
"To consider dear to me as my parents him who taught me this art; to live in common with him and if necessary to share my goods with him; to look upon his children as my own brothers, to teach them this art if they so desire without fee or written promise; to impart to my sons and the sons of the master who taught me and the disciples who have enrolled themselves and have agreed to the rules of the profession, but to these alone the precepts and the instruction.
I will prescribe regimen
for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgement and
never do harm to anyone. To please no one will I prescribe a deadly drug
nor give advice which may cause his death. Nor will I give a
woman a pessary to procure
abortion. But I will preserve the purity of my life and my art. I will
not cut for stone, even for patients in whom the disease is manifest; I
will leave this operation to be performed by practitioners, specialists
in this
art.
In every house where I
come I will enter only for the good of my patients, keeping myself far
from all intentional ill-doing and all seduction and especially from the
pleasures of love with women or with men, be they free or slaves. All that
may
come to my knowledge
in the exercise of my profession or in daily commerce with men, which ought
not to be spread abroad, I will keep secret and will never reveal. If I
keep this oath faithfully, may I enjoy my life and practice my art,
respected by all men
and in all times; but if I swerve from it or violate it, may the reverse
be my lot."
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