Medical Oath












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            Latin Original

            (Promotor:)



            DOCTORANDI CLARISSIMI. EXAMINIBUS, QUAE AD EORUM, QUI IN ARTE MEDICA DOCTORIS NOMEN AC HON
            STUDENT, DOCTRINAM ET FACULTATEM EXPLORANDAM LEGE CONSTITUTA SUNT, CUM LAUDE SUPERATIS, NO
            DESIDERANTES, UT VOS EO HONORE IN HOC SOLEMNI CONSESSU ORNAREMUS.

            PRIUS AUTEM FIDES EST DANDA, VOS TALES SEMPER FUTUROS, QUALES VOS ESSE IUBEBIT DIGNITAS, Q
            ET NOS VOS FORE SPERAMUS.


            SPONDEBITIS IGITUR:
            (everybody stands up)


            PRIMUM, VOS HUIUS UNIVERSITATIS, IN QUA SUMMUM IN ARTE MEDICA GRADUM ASCENDERITIS, PIAM PE
            HABITUROS, EIUSQUE RES AC RATIONES, QUOAD POTERITIS, ADIUTUROS;

            DEIN, HONOREM EUM, QUEM IN VOS COLLATURUS SUM, INTEGRUM INCOLUMEMQUE SERVATUROS;
            POSTREMO, DOCTRINAM, QUA VOS NUNC POLLETIS, CUM INDUSTRIA VESTRA CULTUROS ET CUM OMNIBUS I
            QUAE PROGREDIENTE TEMPORE HAEC ARS CEPERIT, AUCTUROS ET IN PROSPERITATEM HOMINUM STUDIOSE 

            DENIQUE CUNCTIS OFFICIIS, QUAE PROBUM MEDICUM SPONSIONI HIPPOCRATICAE OBTEMPERANTEM DECENT
            HUMANITATE ERGA QUEMCUNQUE FUNCTUROS ESSE;


            HAEC VOS EX ANIMI VESTRI SENTENTIA SPONDEBITIS AC POLLICEBIMINI?

            (Doctorands swear separately to the sceptre of the University:)

            SPONDEO AC POLLICEOR!
            (Promotor:)



            ITAQUE IAM NIHIL IMPEDIT, QUOMINUS HONORES QUOS OBTINERE CUPITIS, VOBIS IMPERTIAMUS.
            ERGO EGO PROMOTOR RITE CONSTITUTUS VOS EX DECRETO ORDINIS MEI MEDICINAE UNIVERSAE (DENTIUM

            CREATOS RENUNTIO OMNIAQUE MEDICINAE UNIVERSAE (DENTIUM) DOCTORIS IURA AC PRIVILEGIA POTEST
            ARTEM MEDICAM EXERCENDI IN VOS CONFERO. IN CUIUS REI FIDEM HAEC DIPLOMATA UNIVERSITATIS CA
            FIRMATA VOBIS IN MANUS TRADO.



            English Translation

            (Promotor:)

            HONOURED DOCTORANDES,


            YOU HAVE PASSED SUCCESSFULLY THE EXAMINATIONS, WHICH ARE PRESCRIBED BY THE UNIVERSITY'S LA
            LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE WHO DESIRE TO OBTAIN THE TITLE AND DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICIN

            YOU COME HERE TODAY WITH THE REQUEST THAT WE CONFER ON YOU, AT THIS FESTIVE GATHERING, THE
            YOU ARE CANDIDATES.
            BEFORE THIS, HOWEVER, YOU MUST SWEAR AN OATH THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS BEHAVE IN THE MANNER THI

            DEGREE REQUIRES OF YOU AND WE, TOO, EXPECT OF YOU.

            THUS YOU WILL PROMISE:


            FIRST OF ALL, THAT YOU WILL PERMANENTLY RETAIN FOND MEMORIES OF THIS UNIVERSITY AT WHICH Y
            THE HIGHEST DEGREE IN THE ART OF MEDICINE, AND THAT YOU WILL, ACCORDING TO YOUR POWERS, FO

            ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS;
            FURTHER, THAT THE DEGREE WHICH WE WILL CONFER ON YOU, WILL BE MAINTAINED BY YOU PERFECT AN
            FINALLY, THAT YOU WILL DILIGENTLY CULTIVATE THE SCIENCE YOU HAVE MASTERED AND THAT YOU WIL

            KNOWLEDGE WITH NEW INFORMATION THAT MEDICAL SCIENCE WILL ACQUIRE IN THE COURSE OF TIME AND
            IT VIGOROUSLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF MANKIND AND, LASTLY, THAT YOU WILL FULFIL ALL THE OBLIGAT
            HIPPOCRATIC OATH EXPECTED OF THE RESPECTED PHYSICIAN AND THAT YOU WILL PROCEED WITH DUE HU

            EVERYONE.
            DO YOU PROMISE AND SWEAR IN ALL GOOD CONSCIENCE?


            (Doctorands)
            I PROMISE AND SWEAR!


            (Promotor:)



            THERE IS NOTHING NOW TO PREVENT US FROM CONFERRING ON YOU THE DEGREES YOU DESIRE TO OBTAIN
            THEREFORE I, THE PROMOTOR DESIGNATED BY THE RULES OF THE UNIVERSITY, CONFER ON YOU ON THE 
            OFFICIAL AUTHORITY THE TITLE OF DOCTORS OF MEDICINE (DENTISTRY). I PROCLAIM YOUR NOMINATIO

            ALL THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF DOCTORS OF MEDICINE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF PRACTISING THE
            AS EVIDENCE OF THIS, I PLACE INTO YOUR HANDS THESE DIPLOMAS WITH THE SEAL OF CHARLES UNIVE