Hippocrates
(hɪˈpɒkrətiːz)
Name of a famous ancient Greek physician born about 460 b.c. † Hippocrates' bag, Hippocrates' sleeve [tr. L. manica Hippocratis] = prec. 2. Obs.
| 1626 Bacon Sylva §6 Passing it [Ippocrasse] through a Wollen Bagge, which they call Hippocrates Sleeue. 1696 Phillips (ed. 5), Hippocrates Bag, a Bag made of white Cotton, like a Sugar Loaf, pointed at Bottom. 1775 Romans Florida 137 It is then put into bags of the form of Hippocrates's sleave to drain it from all superfluous himidity. |