The good physician of the present day cherishes kindness and righteousness. He reads widely and is highly skilled in the arts of his profession. He has in his mind adequate methods of treatment, which he adapts to different conditions. He cares not for vainglory, but is intent upon relieving suffering among all classes. He revives the dying and restores them to health: his beneficence is equal to that of Providence. Such a good physician will be remembered through endless generations.
(Adopted for use also by the Peiping Union Medical College in 1939)
Source: T'ao Lee, "Medical Ethics in Ancient China," Bulletin of the History of Medicine 13 (1943): 268-277.
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