Hippocrates
... Writings attributed to him (Corpus hippocraticum, or "Hippocratic writings") rejected the superstition and magic of ... people as Plato and Aristotle. Writings The Hippocratic writings introduced patient confidentiality, a practice still ... use today. This was described under the Hippocratic Oath and other treatises. Hippocrates recommended that ... down and employed by other physicians. Other Hippocratic writings associated personality traits with the relative ... Galen and later on medieval medicine. The Hippocratic Corpus is a collection of about ...
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Clubbing
... digital clubbing) is a deformity of the fingers and fingernails that is associated with a ... and the phenomenon is therefore occasionally called Hippocratic fingers. Signs and diagnosis Clubbing of the fingernail ... Disease associations Isolated clubbing Clubbing in the fingers of a 33-year old female with ...
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List of eponymous medical signs
... synd/3355) Darier's sign Dawson's fingers ([2] [3]) De Musset's sign Dennie ... s sign Hess test Hill's sign Hippocratic fingers Hoffman's sign Hollenhorst plaques Holmes-Adie ...
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