Drexel University College of Medicine - Medic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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. ' s THE oATH or HIPPOCRATES I swear by Apollo the physician, and Aesculapius, and Health, and All-heal, and all the gods and goddesses, that, according to my ability and judgment, I will keep this Oath and this stipulation - to reckon him who taught me this Art equally dear to me as my parents, to share my substances with him, and relieve his necessities if required, to look upon his offspring in the same footing as my own brothers, and to teach them this art, if they shall wish to learn it, without fee or stipula- tion, and that by precept, lecture, and every other mode of instruction, I will impart a knowledge of the Art to my own sons, and those of my teachers, and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath according to the law of medicine, but to none others. I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and to abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicine to any if asked, nor suggest any such counsel, and in like manner I will not give to a wom- an a pessary to produce abortion. With purity and with holiness I will pass my life and practice my Art. I will not cut persons laboring under the, stone, but will leave this to be done by men who are practitioners of this work. Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mis- chief and corruption, and further, from the seduction of females or males, of freemen or slaves. Whatever, in connectiontwith my profes- sional practice, or not in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret. While I continue to keep this Oath unviolated, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the Art, respected by all men in all times I But should I tres- pass and violate this Oath, may the reverse be my lot! P i

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Hugh D. Bennett M.D. Associate Dean TO THE MEMBERS OE THE GRADUATING CLASS - 1971: Graduation time is a time for mutual thanks and congratula- tions. I do so congratulate your class upon successfully accom- plishing a very difficult curricu- lum and upon possessing those traits and characteristics which we of the faculty and you of the student body together perceive as essential to the practice of Medicine. I thoroughly enjoyed working with your class as we mutually struggled to establish a new and more versatile training program. You have handled the vicissitudes of new courses, changing equipment, inadequate space, money and faculty shor- tages, with magnificent toler- ance and an understanding of what the faculty was attempting to accomplish and of their prob- lems as well as of your own. You will be told by those who have taught you that you are the best prepared class in the history of Hahnemann. This is, of course, true when your training and your accomplishments are compared to all others before you. Preparation, however, is in relation to the needs of the indi- vidual to cope with the situation which faces that individual. Under these criteria, you may not be the best prepared class but the least prepared class. The problems that face the medical profession exceed by far any preparation which can be offered by a dedicated faculty or grasped by an energetic, enthusiastic student body. Your class has in it a mixture of individuals, those attempting to develop better delivery of health services within our current system and those hoping to initiate change to a better system for delivering health care. The common denominator in all of you is, I believe, a real desire to render ever greater service to humanity as represented by your patients. I submit to you that were each physician to function conscientiously on his own to deliver medical serv- ices with maximum efficiency and humanity, that these services would improve no matter what was the system for delivering such services. It is not the theory under which services had been delivered that is faulty, but rather the mode of delivery. You each thus have a role to play in these changing times. The majority to strive to deliver excel- lence of service and the few to attempt to alter the mode of delivery, so that the majority may better perform. My own hope for your class is that it contains a large number of highly dedicated individuals capable of placing theoret- ical concepts into clear, unwarped, clean realities, and few, equally dedicated, capable of developing new workable systems. If such be true then perhaps you truly are the best prepared class in Hahnemann's history. I sincerely be- lieve you are! ,KVA wa' f Hugh D. Bennett, M.D. Associate Dean

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