Hippocratic Oath
Hippocrates was born in 460 BC on the island of Cos, Greece. Hippocrates was the one who cleared up superstitions with disease being caused by supernatural spirits or demons. He conducted experiments to show that disease was a natural occurrence. He wanted people to know why and how the disease was caused and its effects. How the symptoms and reactions were linked to the disease. Hippocrates only examined and observed the body, he did not dissect. After observing the patient he would write notes and signs of the patient's symptoms and compare with other cases. “Let the food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”, this is just one of his quotes stating that he wanted the medicine to be beneficial to the body. Hippocrates was also known as
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The hippocratic corpus were a collection of 70 books about medical stances ( attributed to hippocrates). Hippocrates mostly recommended diet and exercise to cure ailments. That is also a common “cure” for sickness today. Isn't cool that they also had stuff that includes us that long ago? The hippocratic oath is a document of medical practice, ethics and morals. It was credited to hippocrates, although new information indicates that it could have been authored after he died. This is believed by many to be the most famous document of the hippocratic …show more content…
Today, when medical students graduate they swear on the hippocratic oath. I will give you a synopsis of the modernized oath. “I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgement, this covenant: a solemn promise of solidarity with teachers and other physicians, of beneficence and to do no harm towards patients, not to assist suicide or abortion, to leave surgery and surgeons, and to maintain confidentiality and to never gossip.” While reading parts of the hippocratic oath, he states several times in his article to never do harm. Whether that's physically or as I said emotionally (gossip.etc). His number one goal was to not hurt anyone while dedicating his, yours, mines time toward breakthroughs, surgery, or any part of the medical field. He wanted people to know that he was wanting to help not to
The hippocratic corpus were a collection of 70 books about medical stances ( attributed to hippocrates). Hippocrates mostly recommended diet and exercise to cure ailments. That is also a common “cure” for sickness today. Isn't cool that they also had stuff that includes us that long ago? The hippocratic oath is a document of medical practice, ethics and morals. It was credited to hippocrates, although new information indicates that it could have been authored after he died. This is believed by many to be the most famous document of the hippocratic …show more content…
Today, when medical students graduate they swear on the hippocratic oath. I will give you a synopsis of the modernized oath. “I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgement, this covenant: a solemn promise of solidarity with teachers and other physicians, of beneficence and to do no harm towards patients, not to assist suicide or abortion, to leave surgery and surgeons, and to maintain confidentiality and to never gossip.” While reading parts of the hippocratic oath, he states several times in his article to never do harm. Whether that's physically or as I said emotionally (gossip.etc). His number one goal was to not hurt anyone while dedicating his, yours, mines time toward breakthroughs, surgery, or any part of the medical field. He wanted people to know that he was wanting to help not to