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The Hippocratic facies (Latin: facies Hippocratica) [1] is the change produced in the face recognisable as a medical sign known as facies and prognostic of death. It may also be seen as due to long illness , excessive defecation , or excessive hunger , when it can be differentiated from the sign of impending death.
Hippocrates of Kos (/ h ɪ ˈ p ɒ k r ə t iː z /, Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος, romanized: Hippokrátēs ho Kôios; c. 460 – c. 370 BC), also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine.
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In this fragment the area is calculated of some so-called Hippocratic lunes. This was part of a research program to square the circle, that is, to construct a square with the same area as a circle. Although Hippocrates failed to square the circle, he was the first to prove an equality of area between a curved shape and a polygonal shape.
Some of the first descriptions of jaundice come from the Hippocratic physicians (icterus). [38] The ailment appears multiple times in the Hippocratic Corpus, where its genesis, description, prognosis, and therapy are given. The five kinds of jaundice mentioned in the Hippocratic Corpus all share a yellow or greenish skin color. [38]
Hippocratic facies – eyes are sunken, temples collapsed, nose is pinched with crusts on the lips, and the forehead is clammy; Moon face (also known as "Cushingoid facies") – Cushing's syndrome; Elfin facies – Williams syndrome, Donohue syndrome; Potter facies – oligohydramnios; Mask like facies – parkinsonism
The Hippocratic Oath is an oath of ethics historically taken by physicians. It is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts. It is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts. In its original form, it requires a new physician to swear, by a number of healing gods , to uphold specific ethical standards.