The Oath of Maimonides is a traditional oath for pharmacists and physicians attributed to Maimonides. It is not to be confused with the more lengthy Prayer of Maimonides. It is widely used as the traditional oath taken by pharmacists, analogous to the Hippocratic Oath for physicians, for which it is also used as an alternative.
The eternal providence has appointed me to watch over the life and health of Thy creatures. May the love for my art actuate me at all times; may neither avarice nor miserliness, nor thirst for glory or for a great reputation engage my mind; for the enemies of truth and philanthropy could easily deceive me and make me forgetful of my lofty aim of doing good to Thy children.
May I never see in the patient anything but a fellow creature in pain.
Grant me the strength, time and opportunity always to correct what I have acquired, always to extend its domain; for knowledge is immense and the spirit of man can extend indefinitely to enrich itself daily with new requirements. Today he can discover his errors of yesterday and tomorrow he can obtain a new light on what he thinks himself sure of today.
Oh, God, Thou has appointed me to watch over the life and death of Thy creatures; here am I ready for my vocation and now I turn unto my calling.[1]
History and authorshipedit
The prayer and oath were first published in 1783[2] by German-Jewish physician Markus Herz.[3][page needed] While Herz described it as a translation from an original Hebrew text by Maimonides, modern scholarship strongly suggests[4] that the text was actually Herz's own. In 1790, a Hebrew version[5] by Isaac Euchel appeared in the journal Ha-Me'assef; this version also attributed the original text to Herz.
^Tan, S. Y.; Yeow, M. E. (2002). "Moses Maimonides (1135-1204): Rabbi, Philosopher, Physician" (PDF). Singapore Med J. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
^"Täglisches Gebet eines Arztes bevor en seine Kranken besucht -- Aus der hebräischen Handschrift eines berühmten jüdischen Arztes in Egypten aus dem zwölften Jahrhundert," Deutsches Museum, 1783, 1: 43-45
^Davies, Martin L. (1995). Identity or History? Marcus Herz and the End of the Enlightenment. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN9780814324349. OCLC 32391459.
^F. Rosner, "The Physician's Prayer Attributed to Moses Maimonides," Bulletin of the History of Medicine, vol. 41, no. 5 (September-October 1967), pp. 450-454
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