Hippocratic physicians were oath-bound to never strike a child’s body.

Evidence

The physicians of Aristotle’s generation — and Aristotle’s father’s generation — were trained in a profession that explicitly forbade them, by oath, from using force against children’s bodies. The physician was categorically not allowed to strike a child. Not even for the parents. Not even for the child’s good. The Hippocratic oath closes that door. — , The Rod and the Child, 477

Categorization

• XREF: Contrasts sharply with the rod-permissive pedagogical tradition the chapter traces; sharp irony since Aristotle’s own father was such a physician.