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 Hippocrat’ean School.Hip’pocrene (3 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Hippoc’rates’ Sleeve.
 
A woollen bag of a square piece of flannel, having the opposite corners joined, so as to make it triangular. Used by chemists for straining syrups, decoctions, etc.   1
 


 Hippocrat’ean School.Hip’pocrene (3 syl.). 

 
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