| I swear by
Apollo Physician, by
Asculepius, by Health, by Heal-all,
and
by all the Gods and Goddesses, that I
will
carry out according to my ability
and judgment, this oath and
this
indenture.
To regard my teacher in this act
as
equal to my parents; to make
him
partner in my livelihood, and
when
he is in need of money to share
mine with him; to consider his
offspring equal to my brothers; to
teach him this art, if they require
to
learn it, without fee or
indenture;
and to impart precept, oral
instruction, and all other
learning, to my sons, to the sons
of
my teacher, and to pupils
who
have signed the indenture and
sworn
obedience to the physicians' Law,
but to none other.
I will use treatment to help the
sick
according to ability and
judgment, but I will never use it
to
injure or wrong them. I will
not
give poison to anyone though
asked
to do so, nor will I suggest such
a |
plan.
Similarly I will not give a
pessary to a woman to cause
abortion. But in purity and
in
holiness, I will guard my life and
my
art. I will not use the knife
on
sufferers from stone, but I will
give
place to such as are craftsmen
therein
Into whatsoever house I enter, I
will do so to help the sick,
keeping
myself free from all intentional
wrong-doing and harm, especially from fornication
with woman or
man, bond or free.
Whatsoever in the course of practice
I see or hear( or even outside my
practice in social intercourse
that
ought never to be published
abroad,
I will not divulge, but will consider
such things to be holy secrets.
Not of I keep this oath and breach
it
not, may I enjoy honour, in my
life
and art, among all men for all
time;
but if I transgress and forswear
myself, may the opposite befall
me. |
