(upbeat music)
>> Distinguished graduates, family members,
friends, and colleagues,
it's both a privilege and a joy to be with you today
to lead our new School of Medicine graduates
in reciting the Hippocratic Oath.
Hippocrates, traditionally regarded the father of medicine,
was born on the Greek Island of Kos
in the year 460 BCE.
Although the oath dates to this era of antiquity,
it's unclear whether it was actually written
by Hippocrates himself or by his followers.
The oath is, however, a timeless and poetic statement
which serves even today as a moral code for physicians.
For the past two centuries, it has been tradition
for medical school graduates to recite the oath
at their convocation.
Now, as you recite the oath, may your voices affirm
your unwavering commitment to your patients,
to your profession, and to yourself as a physician.
School of Medicine graduates,
please recite the Oath of Hippocrates,
repeating each phrase after me.
(gentle music)
I do solemnly swear...
>> Graduates: I do solemnly swear...
>> By that which I hold most sacred...
>> Graduates: By that which I hold most sacred...
>> That I will be fully committed to those I serve.
>> Graduates: That I will be fully committed
to those I serve.
>> And just and loyal...
>> Graduates: And just and loyal...
>> To the profession of medicine and its members.
>> Graduates: To the profession of medicine and its members.
>> That I will lead my life...
>> Graduates: That I will lead my life...
>> And practice my art...
>> Graduates: And practice my art...
>> In a brightness and honor...
>> Graduates: In a brightness and honor...
>> That into whatsoever house I shall enter...
>> Graduates: That into whatsoever house I shall enter...
>> It shall be for the good of the sick.
>> Graduates: It shall be for the good of the sick.
>> To the utmost of my power...
>> Graduates: To the utmost of my power...
>> Holding myself aloof from wrong...
>> Graduates: Holding myself aloof from wrong...
>> From corruption...
>> Graduates: From corruption...
>> And from the tempting of others to vice...
>> Graduates: And from the temping of others to vice...
>> That I will exercise my art...
>> Graduates: That I will exercise my art...
>> Solely for the care of my patients.
>> Graduates: Solely for the care of my patients.
>> And will give no drug...
>> Graduates: And will give no drug...
>> And perform no operation...
>> Graduates: And perform no operation...
>> Without justifiable purpose...
>> Graduates: Without justifiable purpose...
>> Nor even suggest it.
>> Graduates: Nor ever suggest it.
>> That whatsoever I shall see or hear...
>> Graduates: That whatsoever I shall see or hear...
>> Of the lives of men and women...
>> Graduates: Of the lives of men and women...
>> Which is not fitting to be spoken...
>> Graduates: Which is not fitting to be spoken...
>> I will keep inviolably secret.
>> Graduates: I will keep inviolably secret.
>> These things I do promise.
>> Graduates: These things I do promise.
>> And in proportion as I am faithful to this my oath...
>> Graduates: And in proportion as I am faithful
to this my oath...
>> May happiness and good repute be ever mine...
>> Graduates: May happiness and good repute be ever mine...
>> The opposite if I shall be forsworn.
>> Graduates: The opposite if I shall be forsworn.
>> Congratulations, Doctors of Medicine.