Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Synapsis Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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OSTEOPATHIC OATH — ' do hereby affirm my loyalty to the profession 1 am about to enter. 1 will be mindful always of my great responsibility to preserve the health and the life of my patients, to retain their confi- . dence and respect both as a physician and a friend who will guard their secrets with scrupulous honor and fidelity, to per- rm faithfully my professional duties, to employ only those methods of treatment consistent with good judgement and with |f skill and ability, keeping in mind always nature ' s laws and the body ' s inherent capacity for recovery. I will be ever vigilant in aiding in the general welfare of the community, sustaining its laws and institutions, not engaging in ;pse practices which will in any way bring shame or discredit upon myself or my profession. 1 will give no drugs for deadly kposes to any person, though it be asked of me. il will endeavor to work in accord with my colleagues in a spirit of progressive cooperation, and never by word or by act cast jputations upon them of their rightful practices. I will look with respect and esteem upon all those who have taught me my art. To my college 1 will be loyal and strive always r its best interests and for the interests of the students who will come after me. 1 will be ever alert to further application of ba- j biologic truths to the healing arts and to develop the principles of osteopathy which were first enunciated by Andrew Tay- F Still. HIPPOCRATIC OATH = ■ swear by Apollo Physician and Asciepios and Hygeia and Panacea and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfill according to my ability and judgement this oath and convenant: To hold him who has taught me this art as equal to my parents and to live my life in partnership with him, and if he is in fed of money to give him a share of mine, and to regard his offspring as equal to my brothers in male lineage and to teach |m this art- if they desire to learn it- without fee and covenant; to give a share of precepts and oral instruction and all the oth- ' learning to my sons and to the sons of him who has instructed me and to pupils who have signed the covenant and have tak- en an oath according to the medical law, but to no one else. 1 will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability and judgement; i will keep them from harm and injustice. I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked for it, nor will 1 make a suggestion to this effect. Similarly, 1 will not give to a woman an abortive remedy. In purity and holiness i will guard my life and my art. 1 will not use the knife, not even on sufferers of the stone, but will withdraw in favor of such men as are engaged in this work. Whatever houses I may visit, 1 will come for the benefit of the sick, remaining free of all intentional injustice, of all mischief, and in particular of sexual relations with both female and male persons, be they free or slaves. What 1 may see or hear in the course of treatment or even outside the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no ac- count one must spread abroad, 1 will keep to myself, holding such things shameful to be spoken about. If I fulfull this oath and do not violate it, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and art, being honored with fame among all men for all time to come; if 1 transgress it and swear falsely, may the opposite of all this be my lot.

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m. ALL YOU WHO ENTER HERE PAUSE AND REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE ENTERING A PROFESSION THAT DEPENDS ON YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND HUMAN COMPASSION IF YOU FEEL YOU ARE UNABLE, FOR WHATEVER REASON TO LEND SUPPORT TO HUMAN BEINGS, THEN TURN AROUND AND GO AWAY -Norman Cousins

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