(1) Ancient Greek Medical Ethics

The most outstanding doctor in ancient Greece was Hippocrates, and his book Hippocratic Oath is a medical ethics document.

(2) Medical ethics in ancient Rome

In ancient Rome, the earliest medical ethics record was the Law of Twelve Bronze Tables. Galen, the representative of medical ethics, believes that "as a doctor, it is impossible to make money on the one hand and engage in great art-medicine on the other".

(3) Medical ethics in ancient India

There are two representatives of Indian medical ethics: one is Miao Wen, the originator of Internal Medicine, whose masterpiece is Miao Wenji; The second is Gyrocca, the originator of surgery, whose masterpiece is Gyrocca Collection. The Manu Code also contains provisions on the responsibility of doctors.

(4) Arab medical ethics

The representative of Arab medical ethics is Maymon Nittis, whose masterpiece is Prayer, which is an important medical ethics document comparable to Hippocratic oath.

2. The development of modern European medical ethics

(1) The development period of medical ethics with experimental medicine as the main body

The representative figure of medical ethics in this period is German physician and professor of Berlin University, who put forward "Twelve Proverbs of Medical Ethics".

(2) The development period of medical ethics based on humanitarianism.

/kloc-In the 8th century, Pierre, a French doctor and founder of psychiatry, first proposed that mental patients should be treated with a humanitarian attitude. Regarding the treatment of the wounded and sick on the battlefield, Switzerland initiated a meeting in Geneva in August 1864, established the International Red Cross and signed the Geneva International Red Cross Convention.