Glass Promises
I swear by Apollo Physician, by Asclepius, by Hygieia, by Panacea, and by all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will carry out this oath, according to my ability and judgment. Thus opens the Hippocratic oath, a code of ethics sworn by doctors though the centuries. Legend has it that this oath was composed by the Greek physician Hippocrates, active around the fourth century b.C. Legend also has it that Hippocrates was the direct descendent of the Olympian god Asclepius, the god of healing and medicine. And while we may agree that these are just legends, it is also true