Primum non nocere

Hippocrates Hippocrates



Hippocrates is credited with first stating the phrase, "Primum Non Nocere", but there is no evidence he actually wrote or said it.

This photo is of a statue of Hippocrates that stood in front of Wayne State University School of Medicine, when I was a student there.
This website is dedicated to the principle of, "First, do no harm."


It is intended to be a resource for information about the causes and prevention of medical error.