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Side 4 - 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.
Side 4 - 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 4 - ... to teach 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 4 - 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 in the same footing as my own brothers and to teach them this art if they shall...
Side 4 - 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 4 - 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...
Side 15 - He is the flower (such as it is) of our civilization; and when that stage of man is done with, and only remembered to be marvelled at in history, he will be thought to have shared as little as any in the defects of the period, and most notably exhibited the virtues of the race.
Side 10 - TELL me from whom. fat-headed Scot, Thou didst thy system learn ; From Hippocrates thou hadst it not. Nor Celsus, nor Pitcairn. Suppose we own that milk is good, And say the same of grass ; The one for babes is only food, The other for an ass. Doctor ! our new prescription try (A friend's advice forgive); Eat grass, reduce thyself, and die ; — Thy patients then may live.
Side 10 - MY system, doctor, is my own ; No tutor I pretend : My blunders hurt myself alone, But yours your dearest friend. Were you to milk and straw confin'd, Thrice happy might you be ; Perhaps you might regain your mind, And from your wit get free.
Side 7 - I swear in the name of God, the Most High, and of his sublime prophet, Mohammed, whose glory may God increase, to be faithful to the laws of honor, honesty and benevolence in the practice of medicine. I will attend to the poor gratuitously and never exact too high a fee for my work. Admitted into the privacy of a house my eyes will not perceive what takes place. My tongue will guard the secrets confided to me. Ever respectful and grateful to my masters, I will hand on to their children the instructions...

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