Post by wornout on Jun 19, 2020 19:32:18 GMT
The Hippocratic Oath
Greek text. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath
judgement, and I will do no harm or injustice to them.”
Another English translation of the of the same missing text:
judgment and means; and I will take care that they suffer no hurt or damage.”
University School of Medicine and this revised form is widely accepted in today’s medical schools. ”
I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share
such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.
I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of
overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.
I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and
understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.
I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of
another are needed for a patient's recovery.
I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world
may know.
Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all
thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced
with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty.
Above all, I must not play at God.
I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose
illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related
problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.
I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.
I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human
beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.
If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with
affection thereafter.
May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy
of healing those who seek my help."
Here is the original Greek oath:
all the gods and goddesses to witness, that I will observe and keep this underwritten oath, to the
utmost of my power and judgment.
I will reverence my master who taught me the art. Equally with my parents, will I allow him things
necessary for his support, and will consider his sons as brothers. I will teach them my art without
reward or agreement; and I will impart all my acquirement, instructions, and whatever I know, to my
master's children, as to my own; and likewise to all my pupils, who shall bind and tie themselves by a
professional oath, but to none else.
With regard to healing the sick, I will devise and order for them the best diet, according to my
judgment and means; and I will take care that they suffer no hurt or damage.
Nor shall any man's entreaty prevail upon me to administer poison to anyone; neither will I counsel
any man to do so. Moreover, I will give no sort of medicine to any pregnant woman, with a view to
destroy the child.
Further, I will comport myself and use my knowledge in a godly manner.
I will not cut for the stone, but will commit that affair entirely to the surgeons.
Whatsoever house I may enter, my visit shall be for the convenience and advantage of the patient;
and I will willingly refrain from doing any injury or wrong from falsehood, and (in an especial manner)
from acts of an amorous nature, whatever may be the rank of those who it may be my duty to cure,
whether mistress or servant, bond or free.
Whatever, in the course of my practice, I may see or hear (even when not invited), whatever I may
happen to obtain knowledge of, if it be not proper to repeat it, I will keep sacred and secret within my
own breast.
If I faithfully observe this oath, may I thrive and prosper in my fortune and profession, and live in the
estimation of posterity; or on breach thereof, may the reverse be my fate!"
judgment and means; and I will take care that they suffer no hurt or damage.
Nor shall any man's entreaty prevail upon me to administer poison to anyone; neither will I counsel
any man to do so. Moreover, I will give no sort of medicine to any pregnant woman, with a view to
destroy the child.
Further, I will comport myself and use my knowledge in a godly manner.
I will not cut for the stone, but will commit that affair entirely to the surgeons.
Whatsoever house I may enter, my visit shall be for the convenience and advantage of the patient;
and I will willingly refrain from doing any injury or wrong from falsehood, and (in an especial manner)
from acts of an amorous nature, whatever may be the rank of those who it may be my duty to cure,
whether mistress or servant, bond or free.
Whatever, in the course of my practice, I may see or hear (even when not invited), whatever I may
happen to obtain knowledge of, if it be not proper to repeat it, I will keep sacred and secret within my
own breast.
If I faithfully observe this oath, may I thrive and prosper in my fortune and profession, and live in the
estimation of posterity; or on breach thereof, may the reverse be my fate!"
So, since 1964 modern doctors have been taking an oath leaving out the importance of the patient’s
diet in the treatment of his or hers illness. Wikipedia in its lack of disclosure of this critical text hides it
from anyone looking into this.
diet in the treatment of his or hers illness. Wikipedia in its lack of disclosure of this critical text hides it
from anyone looking into this.
I’m sure glad that there has been pressure from the bottom with natural doctors using diet in the
treatment and prevention of disease.
treatment and prevention of disease.