A recent essay on this blog, “Navigating the complexity of ‘first do no harm’ in modern medicine,” provided an excellent review of this principle. However, as is so often the case, it misattributed the statement to the Hippocratic Oath. Certainly, this does contain elements of this sentiment, more fully expressed in another work of Hippocrates
Unveiling the true origin of “first, do no harm” in medicine: Discover the father of clinical medicine originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
