I will follow
that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgement, I
consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is
deleterious and mischievous.
I will give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked, nor suggest any such
counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to
produce abortion.
With purity and with holiness I will pass my life and practice my art.
(I will not cut persons labouring under the stone, but will leave this
to be done by men who are practitioners of this work.)
Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit
of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and
corruption, and, further, from the abduction of females or males,
of freemen and slaves. Whatever, in connection with my professional
practice, or not in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of
men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as
reckoning that all such should be kept secret.
While I continue to keep this Oath unviolated, may it be granted to me
to enjoy life and the practice of the art, respected by all men, in all
times! But should I trespass and violate this Oath, may the reverse be
my lot!
(Adams, II, 779, cf.
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