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Quotation from The Institutes of Justinian by Justinian I (Tribonian and commissioners)
“if a surgeon operates on your slave, and then neglects altogether to attend to his cure, so that the slave dies in consequence, he is liable for his carelessness”
The Institutes of Justinian, Book IV, Title 3.6, trans. J. B. Moyle
A case under the lex Aquilia on wrongful damage, distinguishing the surgeon's later neglect from his skill in the operation itself.
Citation: "if a surgeon operates on your slave, and then neglects altogether to attend to his cure, so that the slave dies in consequence, he is liable for his carelessness" — Justinian I (Tribonian and commissioners), The Institutes of Justinian, Book IV, Title 3.6, trans. J. B. Moyle. (id justinian-institutes-q8)
Portrait: Justinian mosaik ravenna, Mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna (photo: Bender235), Public domain.
