If a physician operates on a man for a severe wound with a bronze lancet and causes the man's death, or opens an abscess in the eye for a man with a bronze lancet and destroys the man's eye, they shall cut off his hands.

Babylonian king, code of laws

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Law 218 of the Code of Hammurabi

Date / Period

c. 1754 BC

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https://www.students-of-history.com/blog/code-of-hammurabi

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Unverifiable

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Found in 1 providers: gemini

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