I do solemnly swear, by whatever I
hold most sacred, that I will be loyal to the profession of medicine
and just and generous to its members.
That I will lead my life and practice my art in uprightness and honor.
That into whatsoever home I shall enter it shall be for the good of
the sick and the well to the utmost of my power and that I will hold
myself aloof from wrong and from corruption and from tempting others
to vice.
That I will exercise my art solely for the cure of my patients and the
prevention of disease and will give no drugs and perform no operation
for a criminal purpose and far less suggest such a thing.
That whatsoever I shall see or hear of the lives of men and women
which is not fitting to be spoke, I will keep inviolably secret.
These things I do promise and in proportion as I am faithful to this
oath, may happiness and good repute be ever mine, the opposite if I
shall be forsworn.
