The broken oath of '' C. Haasis''

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THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH

I swear by Apollo the physician, by Æsculapius, Hygeia, and Panacea,

and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep

according to my ability and my judgement, the following Oath.

" To consider dear to me as my parents him who taught me this art; to

live in common with him and if necessary to share my goods with him;

to look upon his children as my own brothers, to teach them this art

if they so desire without fee or written promise; to impart to my

sons and the sons of the master who taught me and the disciples who

have enrolled themselves and have agreed to the rules of the

profession, but to these alone the precepts and the instruction. I

will prescribe regimen for the good of my patients according to my

ability and my judgement and never do harm to anyone. To please no

one will I prescribe a deadly drug nor give advice which may cause

his death. Nor will I give a woman a pessary to procure abortion. But

I will preserve the purity of my life and my art. I will not cut for

stone, even for patients in whom the disease is manifest; I will

leave this operation to be performed by practitioners, specialists in

this art. In every house where I come I will enter only for the good

of my patients, keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing and

all seduction and especially from the pleasures of love with women or

with men, be they free or slaves. All that may come to my knowledge

in the exercise of my profession or in daily commerce with men, which

ought not to be spread abroad, I will keep secret and will never

reveal. If I keep this oath faithfully, may I enjoy my life and

practice my art, respected by all men and in all times; but if I

swerve from it or violate it, may the reverse be my lot. "

May malpractice take you out!!!!!