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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 June 1922, Page 5

The rule of medical secrecy is of great antiquity. Medicine traces its descent back in the direct line to Hip pocrates of Cos, a temporary of Socrates. The spirit of the practice of his school is embodied in the famous “Hippocratic Oath,” which cuds as follows: —“Whatever in my professional practice —and even not in connection with it—l see or hear in the lives of men which ought not to be spoken of abroad I will not divulge, deeming that in such matters we should be silent. While I keep this oath unviolated,’ may it be granted me to enjoy life and the practice of the art, always respected, among men.; but should 1 break or violate this oath, may the reverse be my lot.” A rule that has stood the test of 23 centuries will not be lightly set aside.