If a physician make a large incision with the operating knife, and kill him, or open a tumor with the operating knife, and cut out the eye, his hands shall be cut off.

Babylonian king, code of laws

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Context

Code of Hammurabi, Law 218.

Date / Period

c. 1754 BCE

Category

Humorous

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2767/2767-h/2767-h.htm

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

Found in 1 providers: gemini

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