[Polybius]

Thanks for your answer. I`d like to discuss the oath of Hippokrates... with him. Hun

As a United States Naval medical officer, my oath is to protect and defend the United States of America against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, and not an oath to "Apollo Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia and all the gods and goddesses".

The Hippocratic Oath is an outdated classical relic that, if followed, would prohibit surgery.

"I will not use the knife, not even on sufferers from stone, but will withdraw in favor of such men as are engaged in this work."

In any case, however, the Hippocratic Oath has no prohibition on the waging of war.

[Hun in the sun]

"As a United States Naval medical officer, my oath is to protect and defend the United States of America against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, and not an oath to "Apollo Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia and all the gods and goddesses".

The Hippocratic Oath is an outdated classical relic that, if followed, would prohibit surgery"

Thank you.

You have just declaired that your oath is outdated.

....this means... by my Eurowheenie logic....
...that Americans are barbarians?

Regards
Hun

[supercat]

"I will not use the knife, not even on sufferers from stone, but will withdraw in favor of such men as are engaged in this work."

What exactly does that mean? I would suspect the phrase "use the knife" means something much more specific than "make any use whatsoever of any implements that could be characterized as knives".

Also, the language "will withdraw in favor of such men as are engaged in this work". Who would those men be?