Hippocrates of Kos, circa 460–370 B.C., is referred to as the “Father of Medicine” for starting the disciplined Hippocratic School of Medicine in the 4th century B.C. Greece.
His attitude, “first, do no harm,” was summed up in his work “Of the Epidemics,” Book One, circa 400 B.C.:
“Practice two things in your dealings with disease: either help or do not harm the patient.”
He is credited with formulating “The Hippocratic Oath,” which from ancient times, was taken by all medical practitioners:
“I swear … I will use those dietary regimens which will benefit my patients according to my greatest ability and judgement, and I will do no harm or injustice to them.
I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan; and similarly I will not give a woman a pessary to cause an abortion. In purity and according to divine law will I carry out my life and my art.”
Unfortunately, in recent times, left-wing ideologues have infiltrated the medical profession and endeavored to alter the original Hippocratic Oath.
Being interviewed on his book, Our Enduring Values-America’s Moral Crisis, former Democrat President Carter stated at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, DC, November 3, 2005:
“I’ve never been convinced, if you let me inject my Christianity into it, that Jesus Christ would approve abortion … I never have felt that any abortion should be committed — I think each abortion is the result of a series of errors …
I have always thought it was not in the mainstream of the American public to be extremely liberal on many issues. I think our party’s leaders … are overemphasizing the abortion issue.”
One party leader who may fit the description of “overemphasizing the abortion issue” was Pete Buttigieg, who while campaigning as a Democrat candidate for President in 2020, claimed “life begins at breath.”
This view departs from Christianity, as Jesus Christ, Himself, was in his mother Mary’s womb from the moment of conception. |