Polio vaccine. Polio vaccines are vaccines used to prevent poliomyelitis (polio).[1] There are two types: one that uses inactivated poliovirus and is given by injection (IPV), and one that uses weakened poliovirus and is given by mouth (OPV).
The Hippocratic Oath. The Hippocratic Oath (Î¿ÏÎºÎ¿Ï) is perhaps the most widely known of Greek medical texts. It requires a new physician to swear upon a number of healing gods that he will uphold a number of professional ethical standards. It also strongly binds the student to his teacher and the greater community of physicians with responsibilities similar to that of a family member.
Hippocratic Oath 1. Hippocratic Oath. A 12th-century Byzantine. manuscript of the Oath, rendered in. the form of a cross. The Hippocratic Oath is an oath historically taken by doctors swearing to. practice medicine ethically. It is widely believed to have been written by. Hippocrates, often regarded as the father of western medicine, in Ionic Greek. (late 5th century BC),[1] or by one of his students,[2] and is usually included in.