Hip
the fruit of the dog-rose or wildbrier. It contains tannin, sugar, citric and malic acids, and is sometimes used in making conserves.
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These 12 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Hip Joint, Hipparchus, Hipparchus.
Hip Joint
DISEASES OF THE, a disease differing in many important points from other joint-diseases. Its connection with scrofula is more distinctly marked than that of most other joint diseases, and it almost always occurs before the age of puberty. It comes on, in children or young persons of a scrofulous constitution, from very slight causes; thus, it is often traced to over-exertion in a long walk, a sprain in jumping, or a fall; and in many cases no apparent cause can be assigned. In the early stage of the disease the whole of the structures of the joint are inflamed, and by proper treatment at this period the morbid action may be sometimes subdued without any worse consequences than a more or less rigid joint. As the disease advances abscesses occur around the joint. True shortening of the limb now takes place, which at the same time becomes adducted and inverted. From this stage, if the health is pretty good, and the lungs are sound, the patient may be so fortunate as to recover with an anchylosed (or immovable) hip joint; but the probability is that exhaustion and hectic will come on, and that death will supervene.
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Hip Joint (One of the most important)
one of the most important articulations in the body, and the most complete example of the ball-andsocket joint. The hip joint is made up of two bones-the acetabulum, or cuplike cavity in the os innominatum, or three bones forming one-half of the pelvis; and the head of the femur, or thigh-bone, the same provision being made here, by capsular, conical, transverse, and lateral ligaments, to secure the bone in its socket, and yet afford unlimited play to the limb; while, to guard it from blows and the force of accidents, the part is padded with a number of short, fleshy muscles, in addition to which a quantity of adipose tissue beneath the cuticle still further protects the part.
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Hipparchus
A son of Pisistratus , who succeeded his father as tyrant of Athens , with his brother Hippias. He patronized some of the learned men of his age, and distinguished himself for his love of literature.
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Hipparchus
tyrant of Athens. He was son of PISISTRATUS and brother of HIPPIAS, with whom he reigned 527-514. While conducting in Athens a solemn procession to the Temple of Minerva, he was slain by HARMO- DIUS and ARISTOGEITON, 514 B. C.
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Hipparchus
an ancient Greek astronomer; born in Nicæa, Bithynia. He lived about 160-125 b. c. He resided for some time at Rhodes, but afterward went to Alexandria, then the great school of science. A commentary on Aratus is the only work of his extant. He first ascertained the true length of the year, discovered the procession of the equinoxes, determined the revolutions and mean motions of the planets, prepared a catalogue of the fixed stars, etc.
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Hippias
tyrant of Athens. He was the son of Pisistratus, at whose death he assumed the government, in conjunction with his brother HIP- PARCHUS (q. v.), on whose death he seized the reins of government, and revenged the death of his brother by putting to death all of whom he entertained the least suspicion. His tyranny at last became so obnoxious to the citizens that he was expelled from the city 510 b. c. He afterward induced Darius to apply to the Athenians in his favor; and their decisive refusal kindled the first war of the Persians against the European Greeks. According to some authorities he fell at Marathon, fighting against his countrymen, 490 b. c.
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Hippo
sometimes called Hippo Regius to distinguish it from another town of the same name on the Carthaginian coast; an ancient Numidian city, the ruins of which still exist a short distance S. of Bona in Algeria. It was the episcopal see of St. Augustine, and was destrove stroyed by the Vandals in 430.
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Hippoboscide
a family of dipterous insects, parasitic on birds and quadrupeds. The type is the genus Hippobosca or horse-fly.
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Hippocampus
a genus of fishes, closely allied to the pipe-fishes; the upper parts have some resemblance to the head and neck of a horse in miniature, which has suggested the name. When swimming they maintain a vertical position; they occur in the Mediterranean and Atlantic.
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Hippocras
a spiced beverage, held in great esteem by the monks in the Middle Ages as a warm and grateful cordial and stimulant in cases of cold, and also as a beverage in winter nights, and for the aged and relaxed. The spiced hippocras consisted of cinnamon, cloves, etc., bruised and macerated for seven days in Canary wine (Madeira), and then sweetened either with honey or sugar. The "ypocras," for lords and abbots, was prepared with aqua vitæ, or brandy, spices, ambergris, and musk. (pok'ra-tēz), the HIPPOCRATES greatest physician of ancient times, usually designated the "Father of Medicine"; born in the Island of Cos, about 460 b. c. Hippocrates belonged to the family of the Asclepiades, priest-physicians, who claimed to be descended from Æsculapius, god of medicine. He practiced medicine in Athens, Thrace, Thessaly, Delos, and in other parts of Greece. Among his genuine writings are: "Prognosis"; "Aphorisms"; "On Epidemics"; "On Diet in Acute Diseases"; "On Air, Water, and Place"; "On Wounds of the Head." He died in Larissa, Thessaly, about 377 b. c.
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Hippodamia
A daughter of Oenomaus , king of Pisa, who married Pelops , son of Tantalus . Her father would marry her only to someone who should conquer him in a chariot race. Her beauty was great, and many were com- 142 IOOO CLASSICAL CHARACTERS petitors for her hand, though the conditions involved death in case of defeat in the race. After thirteen suitors had been defeated, Pelops entered the lists, and, by bribing the charioteer of Oenomaus, obtained the victory and married Hippodamia. 2026 Editor's Note: Hippodamia was the queen of Pisa and wife of Pelops , and a cult site for the couple may have existed at Olympia. Pelops's cult at Olympia became the founding myth of the Olympic Games, with nighttime offerings made to him before those to Zeus. (Ed: BR 2026-06-26)
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