hmmmmmmm interesting thread i struggled should i or shouldnt i reveal? finally i m doing here it goes The Hippocratic Oath is an oath traditionally taken by physicians pertaining to the ethical practice of medicine. It is widely believed that the oath was written by Hippocrates, the father of medicine, in the 4th Century B.C.E., or by one of his students.1 It is thus usually included in the Hippocratic Corpus.