Hippocrat'ic

Relating to Hippo crates. H. face or fa'cies, a. pinched expre ion of the face, with sunken eyes, hollow cheeks and temples, relaxed lips, and leaden complexion, observed in one dying of cholera or after a long, exhausting illne . H. fin'gers, a bulbous enlargement of the terminal phalanges, with coarse, longitudinally curved nails, seen in heart disease, phthisis, and other affections in which there is defective hematosis. H. nails, the -coarse, curved nails capping the H. fingers. H. oath, an oath demanded of the young physician about to enter upon the practice, of his profe ion, the composition of which is attributed to Hippo crates; in it the neophyte swears to esteem his preceptor as a parent and to share with him his livelihood, if nece ary; to give no deadly drug and not to commit abortion, to keep inviolate the profe ional secret, not to seduce any member of a household where he is called to visit the sick, and not to cut for the stone, leaving such work to the surgeon. H.