"Preserve the strength of my body and of my soul that they ever be ready to cheerfully
help and support rich and poor, good and bad, enemy as well as friend. In the suffering
individual let me see only the human being. Enlighten my mind that it recognize
what presents itself and comprehend what is absent or hidden. Let it not fail to
see what is visible, but do not permit it to arrogate to itself the power to see
what cannot be seen, for delicate and indefinite are the bounds of the great art
of caring for the lives and health of Your living creations"
Excerpt from
Physician's Prayer Attributed to Maimonides