TITLE I. CONCERNING PHYSICIANS AND SICK PERSONS.

I.No Physician shall Presume to Bleed a Woman, in the Absence of her Relatives.
II.No Physician shall Visit Persons Confined in Prison.
III.Where a Physician Treats Disease under a Contract.
IV.Where a Sick Person Dies, while a Physician is Treating him under a Contract.
V.Where a Physician Removes a Cataract from the Eye.
VI.Where a Freeman or a Slave Dies from Being Bled.
VII.Concerning the Compensation to be Received for the Instruction of a Student in Medicine.
VIII.No Physician shall be Imprisoned without a Hearing.

I. No Physician shall Presume to Bleed a Woman, in the Absence of her Relatives.

No physician shall presume to bleed a freeborn woman without the presence of her father, mother, brother, son, uncle, or some other relative, except urgent necessity should demand it; and where it happens that none of the above-named persons can be present, the woman must be bled in the presence of respectable neighbors or slaves, of either sex, according to the nature of her illness. If a physician should do this without the presence of any of the aforesaid persons, he shall be compelled to pay ten solidi to the husband or the relatives of said woman; for the reason that it is not at all improbable that, on such an occasion, wantonness may sometimes occur.[51]

II. No Physician shall Visit Persons Confined in Prison.

No physician shall presume to enter a prison when governors, tribunes, or deputies, are excluded therefrom, without being accompanied by the jailer, lest the prisoners, influenced by fear, may obtain from said physician the means wherewith to commit suicide; for should any poison be furnished or administered by physicians, under such circumstances, the course of justice would be greatly obstructed. Should any physician be guilty of this offence, he shall be liable to punishment for the same.

III. Where a Physician Treats Disease under a Contract.

Where any person demands that a physician treat him for disease, or cure his wound under a contract; after the physician has seen the wound, or diagnosed the disease, he may undertake the treatment of said sick person under such conditions as may be agreed upon, and set forth in an instrument in writing.

IV. Where a Sick Person Dies, while a Physician is Treating him under a Contract.

Where a physician undertakes the treatment of a sick person under a contract reduced to writing, he must restore said sick person to health; and, if the latter should die, the physician shall not be entitled to the compensation stipulated in said contract, and no liability shall attach to either of the parties to the same.

V. Where a Physician Removes a Cataract from the Eye.

Where a physician removes a cataract from the eye of any person, and restores the invalid to his former health, he shall be entitled to five solidi for his services.

VI. Where a Freeman or a Slave Dies from Being Bled.

Where a physician bleeds a patient, and the latter is greatly weakened in consequence, said physician shall be compelled to pay him forty solidi. If the patient should die as the result of being bled, the physician shall be delivered up to the relatives of said patient, to be disposed of at their pleasure. Where the patient is a slave, and is seriously weakened, or dies, the physician must give his master another slave of equal value, in his stead.

VII. Concerning the Compensation to be Received for the Instruction of a Student in Medicine.

Where a physician receives a slave for the purpose of instruction in medicine, he shall be entitled to twelve solidi by way of compensation.

VIII. No Physician shall be Imprisoned without a Hearing.

No physician shall be imprisoned without a hearing, except in case of homicide. Where he is charged with debt, he must provide a surety.