Primum non nocere - #86 Primum Non Nocere But What Happens Next

This passage was quoted in the Latin language commentary literature--although I do not know of anyone who has figured out which was the earliest or the most influential commentator to highlight this passage.

From the basic idea of a balance, no decision can be justified if — what actually happens in medical practice — the ideas of how such a balance should look like are different.

The phrase is sometimes recorded as primum nil nocere.

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