The Oldest Code of Laws in the World - The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon - B.C. 2285-2242 by Hammurabi
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five shekels of silver.
section 217. If he be a gentleman's servant, the master of the servant shall give two shekels of silver to the doctor. section 218. If the doctor has treated a gentleman for a severe wound with a lancet of bronze and has caused the gentleman to die, or has opened an abscess of the eye for a gentleman with the bronze lancet and has caused the loss of the gentleman's eye, one shall cut off his hands. section 219. If a doctor has treated the severe wound of a slave of a poor man with a bronze lancet and has caused his death, he shall render slave for slave. section 220. If he has opened his abscess with a bronze lancet and has made him lose his eye, he shall pay money, half his price. section 221. If a doctor has cured the shattered limb of a gentleman, or has cured the diseased bowel, the patient shall give five shekels of silver to the doctor. section 222. If it is the son of a poor man, he shall give three shekels of silver. section 223. If a gentleman's servant, the master of the slave shall give two shekels of silver to the doctor. section 224. If a cow doctor or a sheep doctor has treated a cow or a sheep for a severe wound and cured it, the owner of the cow or sheep shall give one-sixth of a shekel of silver to the doctor as his fee. |
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