The Ethics of Medicine

[Hippocrates of Cos born 460-377 B.C] Born 1474 years ago and I believe the Hippocratic Oath should still be a marker for ethics in medicine.

     Medicine is the application of medicine in the act of healing, diagnosis, and prevention of medicine. This includes many branches of medicine like pediatrics, pharmacology, neurology,and other areas all based on human biology and myriad of other specialties. The etymology of the word medicine means "of a physician." I guess for once I'm biting off more than I can chew in this blog post.  First medicine started with the Greeks and the Hippocratic Oath. The Hippocratic Oath was started in 5th century B.C by  Hippocrates.Italians started to formally trained Physicians in 1220 A.D (After Death) also know as B.C.E(Before common Era), this I believe was the start of formal training in modern times. The translation of the  original version of the Hippocratic oath, Also Known as the Classic Hippocratic Oath, probably written by Hippocrates of  Cos. My comments are in italics.  "Apollo Physician 
and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panacea and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfill according to my ability and judgment this oath and this covenant:To hold him who has taught me this art as equal to my parents and to live my life in partnership with him, and if he is in need of money to give him a share of mine,and to regard his offspring as equal to my brothers in male lineage and to teach them this art
 — if they desire to learn it — without fee and covenant; to give a share of precepts and oral
 instruction and all the other learning to my sons and to the sons of him who has instructed me and to pupils who have signed the covenant and have taken an oath according to the medical law, but to no one else.
I will apply dietetic (meaning pertaining to diet)measures for the benefit of the sick according
 to my ability and judgment; I will keep them from harm and injustice.
I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect. Similarly I will not give to a woman an abortive remedy. In purity and holiness I will guard my life and my art.(For all you people for euthanasia, abortion, or partial-birth abortion, this Hippocratic Oath presupposed your arguments.)I will not use the knife, not even on sufferers from stone, but will withdraw in favor of such men as are engaged in this work.
Whatever houses I may visit, I will come for the benefit of the sick, remaining free of all intentional injustice, of all mischief and in particular of sexual relations with both female and male persons, be they free or slaves.(Against Doctors using rape from their position of power.)What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself holding such things shameful to be spoken about.
If I fulfill this path and do not violate it, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and art, being honored with fame among all men for all time to come; if I transgress it and swear falsely, may the opposite of all this be my lot.^"  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath  Modern version of the Oath :"I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.
I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism(meaning essential morality doesn't exist and life is with out purpose, not using any moral judgement in your treatment and decisions).
I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.
I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patients recovery.
I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.
I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.
I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.
I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.
If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help."

"Global Warming"

  I love how Democrats and Progressives including some Republicans think that a freezing world means Global Warming. Scientists go to Antarctica to study melting ice, guess what happens they get stuck in the ice, this is the epitome of irony. Yet most of the county is freezing as well as the Green Bay vs. The Niners game going to be one of the coldest in NFL history, yet the planet is supposedly still warming. Climate change has not even been studies for more than 80 years, either way, it needs to be studied like 100 years or more to get a idea of what is going on.  Michael Crichton said "Global Warming is treated as a religion"; it is religion you can't question. The LA Times does not allow denying opinions on Global Warming. So I believe it should be called Climate Change or be studied a lot longer until they say it exists. Another one against there dogma. Antarctica had a record -135.8 Fahreinheit temperature record set this year:http://news.yahoo.com/antarctica-cold-temperature-record-013050274.html. So I want to know what there answer is to why they scientist got stuck in the ice if the ice was suppose to melting at a alarming rate?

Tolerance

  Tolerance is a two way street. One can not say I don't agree with you being Gay so I wont tolerate you. Or the Gay especially the Gay liberal lobby can't say I don't like your Bible opinion against Gay marriage so I don't tolerate you, IE: Phil Robertson and Duck Dynasty. Tolerance does not have to mean acceptance. Tolerance: The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others: Free online Dictionary.
  So tolerating someones behavior does not mean you accept their behavior. I accept Gay's as a choice with mostly likely a genetic propensity, but I don't believe all have this genetic propensity, maybe they do, in any case I don't accept marriage other than the definition of one man and one women.I'm for tax recognition for Gay couples not civil unions. I also think Gay marriage is for legitimizing Gay marriage more than anything.If a thief makes a lot of money and doesn't want to be a thief they would seek to legitimize their lifestyle. Passing a law doesn't legitimize immorality anymore than a law against gravity would suspend gravity.
  At any rate where does it end? Are we going to legalize polygamy or  are we going to let pedophiles Marry children or a person Marry a Horse. I also find it funny that the left is the ones that where pro separation of church and state and yet they think they can force and legislate beliefs on Religions from the bench. Talk about due process- a judge is not the law, he is suppose to enforce the law not legislate a law that the majority has voted on.
    Forcing a law on people counter to the law they passed will engender distrust and hatred.
      Genesis 2:21-25 KJV(King James Version)

 21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

 22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a ^awoman, and brought her unto the man.

 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and ^aflesh of my flesh: she shall be called ^bWoman, because she was taken out of Man.

 24 Therefore shall a ^aman leave his ^bfather and his mother, and shall ^ccleave unto his ^dwife: and they shall be ^eone flesh.

 25 And they were both ^anaked, the man and his wife, and were not ^bashamed.

Tis the Season

  Saying Christmas is better with out Christ is the epitome of sophistry, it is like saying Hanukkah is better with out the Maccabees. With out Christ there is no Christmas, with out the Maccabees and the miracle of the oil there is no Hanukkah. With no air there is no suffocating which is the absence of air. The Winter Solstice takes place December 21 first 5:11 UTC which is known as the Greenwich Median Time or measured in Greenwich, England. So Atheists if you want a holiday make one, if  not leave already existing beliefs  in tact and create your own creed. Your so called "Religion" is the absence of anything. I think you should create your Holiday called Nullness or how about Winter Nulace?! 
  I don't understand how you are so offended by a entity that is null void never was in your mind! My opinion you feel left out, God loves you even if he is "not".

Christmas time

  Christmas is the time of the year that we celebrate Jesus the Christ's Birth. Christ is a title not his surname. Surname didn't come into come use until 1700's in the UK(United Kingom), there where names based on occupations and other names that evolved to be Surnames.Surnames are usually known as Last Names in the United States of America, for example my Surname or Last Name is Hudson. Christ means the Messiah: according to the Bible, a savior who will come to deliver God's chosen people; according to Bing dictionary.
  Also some other things Christmas is known for is bells. Bells are used on sleighs like Santa's Sleigh, and they are the way to bring your attention to something or an event, like bells at a church. So they are used to herald in Jesus' birth. Christmas is also know for snow, snow usually occurs in lots of the country when Christ's birth is celebrated in December. I don't like the celebration of winter for Christmas, and not realizing the reason for the season of Christ's Birth.Except for the crazy snow we got in Saint George,Utah this year Christmas usually doesn't have snow, and I don't think we will have snow around December 25 of this year. Snow or no snow Christmas is all the same and special, I don't think snow is necessary for the spirit of Christmas.
   The thing people remember most about Christmas is gifts. We celebrate giving like how the 3 wise men gave Jesus Frankincense, Mir, and Incense. I think we need to not commercialize Christmas as much, not focusing on gifts we want, but gifts we give others. When you give others a gift, give them a good gift that will help them in their life with their dreams and aspirations; also don't spend more money than you can afford in giving or in requesting gifts.
  Have a Merry Christmas!


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Christmas songs

   I'm sick of the attack on Christmas. It is Christmas not  X-mas.  I'm OK with Happy Holidays if that is a borderline politically correct phrase for Christmas and Hanukkah. Hanukkah started on Thanksgiving this year so it is over, when it usually starts December 3 on our calendar, I believe they use the lunar calendar.
    So my favorite Christmas song is also a Hymn, it is called I heard the Bells on Christmas day. It was written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow based on the poem "Christmas Bells". So here are the lyrics to the song, by-the-way this song is amazing on the organ:
"I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,

and wild and sweet

The words repeat

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom

Had rolled along

The unbroken song

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Till ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,

A voice, a chime,

A chant sublime

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,

And with the sound

The carols drowned

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,

And made forlorn

The households born

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said;

"For hate is strong,

And mocks the song

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;

The Wrong shall fail,

The Right prevail,

With peace on earth, good-will to men." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Heard_the_Bells_on_Christmas_Day
  I'm sick of songs like let it snow, let is snow, let is snow, they may celebrate winter, but they don't celebrate the Christmas season. The top 10 Christmas songs of 2013:1) All I want for Christmas is you-By Mariah Carrey, 2) Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree-By Brenda Lee, 3)Jingle Bell Rock- By Bobby Helms, 4)The Christmas Song by Nate King Cole, 5) A Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives, 6) Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano, 7)It the Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Andy Williams, 8)White Christmas by Bing Crosby, 9)Chritmas Eve by The Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and 10)Happy X-mas by John Lennon and Yoko Ohno. citation:http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs
  So here is the low down there are a lot of Christmas sons in this top 10 yet you can't say Merry Christmas; my case and point would be 7-why is it the most wonderful time of the year, and what season is it? Number 8 which is about the snow more then the reason for the season and 10, What is X-mas John Lennon? It is a PC(politically correct) way to "X" Christ in Christmas.
  

Comet Ison, Thanksgiving and the beauty of the universe

 Comet Ison may have exploded or evaporated Thanksgiving day. I'm great for this country even in hard times which I blame progressives ideals and Socialism which I definitely think the President is. But into the body of this post, I will try to not be political anymore. Comet Ison  approaching the sun on Thanksgiving day, Hanukkah and Thanksgiving overlapping for the first time ever, It is not suppose to happen for another 7890 years or so, not sure on the number; that is a lot of crazy overlapping events in the grandeur of this universe with the planet and all of their perturbations. I'm great for this universe, it seems like in the grandeur of the universe we are nothing, but we are everything in the grand scheme of things, and we are everything with Gods help.

 3 When I ^aconsider thy ^bheavens, the ^cwork of thy fingers, the ^dmoon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

 4 What is ^aman, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou ^bvisitest him? www.lds.org: Kings James Version of the bible.