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You read it wrong. I will include all of it for context, and add commentary. Third paragraph is relevant.
Religious preamble as standard for its time
Medical knowledge should be free! You hear that, America?
Also, it's not “first do no harm”, it's “first respect your teacher”.
See, no doctors with knife! You can get another “craftsman” to operate on you but better make sure he is the son of a doctor, because all others have never received medical training (see end of second paragraph) or taken this no-knife oath.
Do no harm, also don't rape and keep secrets. All good...
Wait! "outside my profession in my intercourse with men”
Every male MD is gay, confirmed
Well, this is weird. Imagine you come to an Ancient Greek doctor with abdominal pain...
“One of your intestines went naughty and needs to be removed.”
“Can you do it?”
“No way, I’m a doctor, not a surgeon. Hekates the butcher could help you. He's great with the knife but I don't think he can tell the intestines apart.”
“What happens if he gets it wrong?”
“You die.”
“Are you sure it's that intestine?”
“Most likely. It will not hurt to remove, anyway. The appendix is nothing but a troublemaker.”
“It doesn't hurt?”
“The procedure certainly DOES hurt but it's better than what you'd be going through without it.”
“Can you at least instruct Hekates?”
“No, we doctors cannot divulge the secrets of our craft, except to our children. The only doctor I know has a son is 3 city-states away, and the son is terrible at cutting.”
“Can you adopt my son and teach him about the appendix? I could then have him instruct Hekates.”
“I’ll gladly become a stepfather if you let me fuck you...”
“I’m not gay but I guess it's better than dying...”
“Deal. Meet me after my office hours, I cannot have intercourse with men on the job.”
Not all intercourse is sexual intercourse.