The most common phrase that probably every doctor hears from his patients is "Well, you took the Hippocratic oath!" Oddly enough, the Hippocratic oath itself is a medical myth. This myth of the oath, like many other medicine-related rumors and established beliefs, has become firmly established in the minds of the masses. It is with the Hippocratic oath that you want to start the story of medical mythology, because myths about medicine are shared by those who are treated, and, oddly enough, sometimes those who are treated.