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I do hereby affirm my loyalty to the profession I am about
to enter.
I will be mindful always of my great responsibility to
preserve the health and the life of my patients, to retain
their confidence and respect both as a physician and a
friend who will guard their secrets with scrupulous honor
and fidelity, to perform faith. fully my professional duties, to
employ only those recognized methods of treatment
consistent with good judgment and with my skill and ability,
keeping in mind always nature's laws and the body's inherent capacity for recovery.
I will be ever vigilant in aiding in the general welfare of the
community, sustaining its laws and institutions, not
engaging in those practices which will in any way bring
shame or discredit upon myself or my profession. I will give
no deadly drugs to any, though it may be asked of me.
I will endeavor to work in accord with my colleagues in a
spirit of progressive cooperation and never by word or by
act cast imputations upon them or their rightful practices.
I will look with respect and esteem upon all those who have
taught me my art. To my college I will be loyal and strive always for its best interests and for the interests of the
students who will come after me. I will ever be alert to adhere to and develop the principles of osteopathy as
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