10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIPPOCRATIC FACIES»
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Hippocratic facies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Hippocratic facies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The
Hippocratic Oath and the Ethics of Medicine
Only one Greek human was memorialized. Hippocrates earned five eponyms:
Hippocratic fingers (pulmonary osteoarthropathy, the bulbous fingertips that
signify chronic lung disease), Hippocratic facies (the face of someone who is in
shock ...
Steven H. Miles Professor of Medicine and Bioethics University of Minnesota, 2003
2
Hari's Essentials of Clinical Medicine
... broad and flattened nose, thick lips and large protruding tongue •
Hyperthyroidism-anxious look with bilateral proptosis and infrequent blinking of
eyes, visibility of sclera all around the cornea Hippocratic facies-sunken eyes and
cheeks, dry ...
3
Stedman's Medical Eponyms
HIPPOCRATES 332 HIS Hippocrates, Greek physician, 460-370 B.C.
Hippocrates bandage hippocratic - relating to, described by, or attributed to
Hippocrates. hippocratic facies - sunken appearance of facial features seen in
dehydration.
Susan L. Bartolucci, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Pat Forbis, 2005
4
Oral Diagnosis, Oral Medicine, and Treatment Planning
Cachectic or Hippocratic Facies (Wasting) Cachectic facies is characterized by
prominent zygomatic arches and supraorbital rims, with hollow temples and
cheeks, and sunken eyes (Fig. 18-4). Usually, hollowing of the supraclavicular
fossae ...
Steven L. Bricker, B C Decker, Robert P. Langlais, 2001
5
A Guide to Greek Thought: Major Figures and Trends
... the course of diseases, observations that continue to command the respect of
modern medicine. Certain descriptions are still famous, particularly the
description already mentioned of what we call the Hippocratic facies — the face
of a patient ...
Jacques Brunschwig, Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd, Pierre Pellegrin, 2003
6
Sapira's Art & Science of Bedside Diagnosis
Age, exposure to sun, and recent weight change failed to account for the
differences between the smoking and the control groups (Soffer, 1986).
Hippocratic Facies Hippocrates described the facies of a patient dying after an
exhausting illness ...
Jane M. Orient, Joseph D. Sapira, 2010
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Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and ...
(hip-6-krat'ik) Relating to, described by, or attributed to Hippocrates. hip-po-crat-ic
face (hip-6-krat'ik fas) SYN hippocratic facies. hip-po-crat-ic fa-Ci-eS (hip-6-krat'ik
ffi'she- ez) A pinched expression of the face, with sunken eyes, concavity of ...
Thomas Lathrop Stedman, 2005
8
The Oxford Classical Dictionary
2) offers the following advice about observing an acute, potentially fatal, case,
which came later to be known as the Hippocratic facies: 'In acute diseases, the
doctor needs to pursue his investigation thus: first, examine the face of the patient
to ...
Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth, Esther Eidinow, 2012
Perhaps the best known of his clinical descriptions is that of the patient dying of
infection, which we still term the Hippocratic Facies: Nose sharp, eyes hollow,
temples sunk, ears cold and contracted and their lobes turned out, the skin about
the ...
10
The Dictionary of Modern Medicine
... of the immunoglobulin chain and highly flexible due to the high content of
proline residues Hippocratic facies A physiognomy characteristic of advanced,
untreated, preterminal peritonitis, who Hippocrates described as having '...hollow
eyes, ...
