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The Hippocratic oath sounds a lofty ideal, until you actually read it.
October 1, 2007 at 9:15 PM ::
Just as well my rant on this was wiped out. Suffice it to say I was amused that the one god faction hadn’t gotten to the oath. Apollo’s the man, I mean god, I mean one of the gods. Amused to note that the oath was broken even before the cash poor doctor made it out of school by the fees and stipends applied and in sheer fury over the enlightened conditions.
Someone labouring under the stones was considered to under punishment of the gods. Let the torturers torture.
....will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption; and, further from the seduction of females or males, of freemen and slaves.
My images of further...do me no credit at all. I need to get into a different line of work.
Thanks boot, will now cancel my doctors appointment. Afraid my blood pressure will give me away.
I like it. Good hunting.
skif on 10/02/07 at 01:44 AM ::
Oh, good. You sound about as flummoxed as I was after I read it.
boot on 10/02/07 at 07:19 AM ::
hippocrates believed the bladder must not be cut into. the “stone” referred to actually were kidney and bladder stones; doctors were different from what we now call surgeons (who were quite literally hackers of meat) up until a few hundred years ago, anyway.
e on 10/02/07 at 05:25 PM ::
I certainly understand that doctors were different. At one stage in history, one cure for epilepsy was to bury people until the demons were exorcised (just for one example). In fact, a doctor’s role differs depending on what period you are talking and what continent. And, by doctor, do we mean herbalist (witch) or barber (who doubled as a surgeon)?
What troubles me is how often this ‘one’ Hippocratic oath is referred to in popular culture. Most medical schools no longer use the original oath and have their own versions. However, many people are under the illusion that there is one common oath that binds all doctors to an agreed form of behaviour. This just isn’t the case.
So, I’m not so much making a moral judgement about something from long ago, more a commentary about ‘lofty’ ideal of the Hippocratic oath and the weight it carries in current times.
boot on 10/02/07 at 07:00 PM ::