Hippocratic Oath


I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia and and I take to
witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep according to my ability and my judgment, the
following Oath.

To consider dear to me as my parents him who taught me this art; to live in common with him
and if he is in need of money to give him a share of mine, and to look upon his children as my
own brothers, to teach them this art if they so desire without fee or written promise; to impart
to my sons and the sons of the master who taught me and the disciples who have enrolled
themselves and have agreed to the rules of the profession, but to these alone the precepts
and the instruction.

I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability and judgment; I
will keep them from harm and injustice.

I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to
this effect. Similarly I will not give to a woman an abortive remedy. In purity and holiness I will
guard my life and my art.

I will not use the knife, not even on sufferers from stone, but will leave this operation to be
performed by practitioners, specialists in this art.

Whatever houses I may visit, I will come for the benefit of my patients, remaining free of all
intentional injustice, of all mischief and in particular of sexual relations with both female and
male persons, be they free or slaves.

What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in
regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep secret and
will never reveal.

If I fulfill this oath and do not violate it, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and art, being
honored with fame among all men for all time to come; if I transgress it and swear falsely, may
the opposite of all this be my lot.