Hippocrates:The Oath of Medicine
You do solemnly swear, each by whatever he or she holds most
sacred
That you will be loyal to the Profession of Medicine and just and
generous to its members
That you will lead your lives and practice your art in
uprightness and honor
That into whatsoever house you shall enter, it shall be for the
good of the sick to the utmost of your power, your holding
yourselves far aloof from wrong, from corruption, from the tempting
of others to vice
That you will exercise your art solely for the cure of your
patients, and will give no drug, perform no operation, for a
criminal purpose, even if solicited, far less suggest it
That whatsoever you shall see or hear of the lives of men or
women which is not fitting to be spoken, you will keep inviolably
secret
These things do you swear. Let each bow the head in sign of
acquiescence
And now, if you will be true to this, your oath, may prosperity
and good repute be ever yours; the opposite, if you shall prove
yourselves forsworn.