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A for Effort, maybe a C when it comes to the specifics.
TIL the phrase "first, do no harm" is not in the Hippocratic Oath. The closest approximation is "I will keep them from harm and injustice", which actually comes after a paragraph of guild-like obligations.
The bits against abortion, euthanasia, and... knives, for some reason... haven't aged particularly well. Though the "I will come for the benefit of the sick, remaining free of all intentional injustice" still rings true.
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TIL the phrase "first, do no harm" is not in the Hippocratic Oath. The closest approximation is "I will keep them from harm and injustice", which actually comes after a paragraph of guild-like obligations.
The bits against abortion, euthanasia, and... knives, for some reason... haven't aged particularly well. Though the "I will come for the benefit of the sick, remaining free of all intentional injustice" still rings true.
Read the 1943 transl ...more
This is more or less a brief mission statement by Hippocrates. I found it very interesting in regards to his practices in medicine.
Hippocratic Oath is also at https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/h/hipp...
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Ippocrate è considerato il fondatore della medicina moderna e per quanto mi faccia strano ammetterlo, è incrdibile come gli autori classici latini e greci fossero avanti con i tempi. non mi sorprende affatto che i nuovi medici debbano tutt'oggi recitare il giuramento di ippocrate prima che venga ufficializzata la loro effettiva entrata nell'ambito medico.
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