hippocratic oath

     

The Hippocratic Oath is an oath traitionally taken by physicians pertaining to the ethical practice of medicine. It is widely believed that the oath was written by Hippocrates, the father of medicine, in the 4th century BC, or by one of his students. It is thus usually included in the Hippocratic Corpus. Classical scholar Ludwig Edelstein proposed that the oath was written by Pythagoreans, a theory that has been questioned due to the lack of evidence for a school of Pythagorean medicine. Although mostly of historical and traditional value, the oath is considered a rite of passage for practitioners of medicine, although it is not obligatory and no longer taken up by all physicians.

Trivia about hippocratic oath

  • In 1964 a dean at Tufts' medical school wrote a modern version of this, used at many medical school graduations
  • It begins, "I swear by Apollo the physician, & Aesculapius, Hygeia, & Panacea,..."
  • This oath was once sworn before the goddess Panacea, whose name means "cure all"
  • This ancient medical oath begins, "I swear by Apollo physician..."
  • It reads, "I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment"
  • It begins, "I swear by Apollo physician and Asclepius..."
  • Its traditional version states, "I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick"

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