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460-377 B.C. Called 'father of medicine' medical school graduates still take the "Hippocratic Oath".
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[[File:Hippocrate refusant les présents d'Artaxerxès (original).JPG|thumbnail|thumbnail|300px|right|The above painting depicts the apocryphal story of Hippocrates refusing the presents of the Achaemenid Emperor Artaxerxes, who was asking for his services. Painted by Girodet, 1792]]
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'''Hippocrates''', the “father of medicine,” lived 460-377 B.C. He crafted the [[Oath of Hippocrates|Hippocratic Oath]] that has been required of medical students around the world as a condition of graduation.  
  
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The Oath originally stated in part: “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]].” Hippocrates saw abortion as being in direct opposition to a doctor's role of promoting life and health.
  
Hippocrates, the “father of medicine,” lived 460-377 B.C.  With impeccable Greek logic, Hippocrates saw abortion as being in direct opposition to a doctor’s role of promoting life and health.
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Physicians who practice abortion today do not obey this Oath in its original formulation but this should not worry [[Christian]] doctors as the original wording began I swear by [[Apollo (mythology)|Apollo]], [[Æsculapius]], [[Hygieia]], and [[Panacea]] which are Mythical Greek gods.
  
Hippocrates was against abortion and issued the ‘Hippocratic Oath’ that stated that one will not harm a patient for his or her own benefit.
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Latest revision as of 14:52, May 1, 2023

The above painting depicts the apocryphal story of Hippocrates refusing the presents of the Achaemenid Emperor Artaxerxes, who was asking for his services. Painted by Girodet, 1792

Hippocrates, the “father of medicine,” lived 460-377 B.C. He crafted the Hippocratic Oath that has been required of medical students around the world as a condition of graduation.

The Oath originally stated in part: “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.” Hippocrates saw abortion as being in direct opposition to a doctor's role of promoting life and health.

Physicians who practice abortion today do not obey this Oath in its original formulation but this should not worry Christian doctors as the original wording began I swear by Apollo, Æsculapius, Hygieia, and Panacea which are Mythical Greek gods.