希波克拉底誓约 2
这样一个曾经被认为必须的誓约事实足以证明，在古希腊流产是普遍的，而且其起草者至少要设法防止内科医生参与其中。可是，谁是誓约的作者？现代历史学家的研究显示作者不是希波克拉底，因为我们知道希波克拉底的学院的内科医生未曾实施过流产。
今日的这个新开业医生的誓言归功于某个老学院，可能由哲学家毕达哥拉斯(569-475 BC,古希腊哲学家,数学家)起草，他具有强烈的宗教取向。如果原本需要立誓的话，最现代的希波克拉底誓约版本不再提及流产。因为现在在许多国家它是许多医生的常规手术了。

(随便补充一点：希波克拉底誓约中有许多值得评论之处，在此举其一，它同样揭露古希腊内科医生不仅不得不抵御引诱其女病人的诱惑，而且不得不抵御引诱其男病人的诱惑：“我将不会引诱或不与女性和男性家庭成员发生性接触”。要知道那时的内科医生总是男性，并且常常是为人夫和为人父。这种表述将聚光灯柱投向了古希腊人的性行为，他承认对其他男性有性兴趣，与男性性交，甚至当他有妻子和家庭时，依然故我。)

Abortion

Historical Notes

The Hippocratic Oath 2
The fact that such an oath was deemed necessary is proof enough that abortions were common in ancient Greece and that its author tried to prevent at least the physicians from participating in them. But who was the author? Modern historical research has shown that it was not Hippocrates, because we now know that the physicians of his school did perform abortions.
Today the oath is attributed to some older school, possibly that of the philosopher Pythagoras which had a strong religious orientation. Most modern versions of the Hippocratic oath - if it is taken at all - no longer mention abortions, which are now routinely performed by many doctors in many countries.

(By the way: Among many other features worthy of comment, the oath also reveals that ancient Greek physicians, who were always male - and most often husbands and fathers -, had to resist the temptation of seducing not only their female but also their and male patients: "I will not seduce or have sexual contact with the female or male household members." This casts an interesting light on the sexual behavior of the ancient Greeks, who took a man's sexual interest in other males for granted even when he had a wife and a family.)