According to the code of Hammurabi, if a physician makes a mistake with a bronze lancet during an operation, causing irreparable damage to a patient, what is his punishment?
A) That physician is fined an amount determined by the bodily functions damaged.
B) There is no punishment if the physician was operating in good faith after asking for guidance from the deities.
C) The physician must compensate the patient with a slave to make up for loss of functioning.
D) The physician shall cut off a hand if he damaged a freeman's eye or killed a freeman.
E) The physician shall have damage to himself comparable to what was wrought upon his patient.
D
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