"I will look upon him who shall have taught me this Art even as one of
my parents. I will share my substance with him, and I will supply his
necessities, if he be in need. I will regard his offspring even as my own
brethren, and I will teach them this art, if they would learn it, without
fee or covenant. I will impart this Art by precept, by lecture and by every
mode of teaching, not only to my own sons but to the sons of him who has
taught me, and to disciples bound by covenant and oath, according to the
Law of Medicine.
"The regimen I adopt shall be for the benefit of my parents according
to my ability and judgement, and not for their hurt or for any wrong. I will
give no deadly drug to any, though it be asked of me, nor will I counsel
such, and especially I will not aid a woman to procure abortion. Whatsoever
house I enter, there will I go for the benefit of the sick, refraining from all
wrongdoing or corruption, and especially from any act of seduction, of male
or female, of bond or free. Whatsoever things I see or hear concerning the
lfie of men, in my attendance on the sick or even apart therefrom, which
ought not to be nosied abroad, I will keep silence thereon, counting such
things to be as sacred secrets."