Outlines of the History of Medicine and the Medical Profession: The medical culture of those nations who development in medicine is either already closed or is a stationary (or not independent). The History of the most ancient medicine and the medicine of primeval peoples. The medicine of the Egyptians ; The medicine of the ancient Persians (Chaldeans, Babylonians, Assyrians, Syrians, Medes) and Phoenicians (Cartiagenians) ; The medicine of the Jews ; The medicine of the Indians ; The medicine of the Chinese and Japanese ; Medical views and economy among other nations of whom some have disappeared from history, some are stationary in their development and others posses as yet no medical culture of their own (Seythians, Kalmucks, Siamese, Turks, etc., etc.)

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J.H. Vail, 1889 - 1173 sider

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Side 76 - ... them this art if they shall wish to learn it without fee or stipulation and that by precept, lecture, and every other mode of instruction I will impart a knowledge of the art to my own sons and those of my teachers and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath according to the law of medicine but to none others.
Side 76 - 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.
Side 15 - The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
Side 18 - And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood; and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
Side 76 - I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked nor suggest any such counsel, and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.
Side 18 - Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.
Side 18 - But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the...
Side 76 - I swear by Apollo the physician and Aesculapius and health and all-heal and all the gods and goddesses that according to my ability and judgment I will keep this oath and this stipulation— to reckon him who taught me this art equally dear to me as my parents, to share my substance with him and relieve his necessities if required, to look upon his offspring...
Side 76 - Into whatever 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 seduction of females or males, of freemen and slaves.

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