Prognostics

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Prognostics is an ancient medical treatise traditionally attributed to Hippocrates that focuses on predicting the course and outcome of diseases based on clinical signs.

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On Prognostics 1
Prognostics canonical 1

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instanceOf Hippocratic treatise ⓘ
ancient medical treatise ⓘ
medical text ⓘ
approximateCentury 5th century BCE ⓘ
associatedWith Hippocratic school of medicine ⓘ
contains case-based observations ⓘ
criteria for favorable signs ⓘ
criteria for unfavorable signs ⓘ
guidelines for evaluating disease severity ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek medicine ⓘ
date Classical Greece period ⓘ
emphasizes early recognition of danger signs ⓘ
importance of observing the whole patient ⓘ
systematic bedside observation ⓘ
field clinical medicine ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
prognostics in medicine ⓘ
focusesOn clinical signs ⓘ
physical examination findings ⓘ
symptoms ⓘ
genre medical prose ⓘ
hasImpactOn development of clinical prognosis ⓘ
medical epistemology in antiquity ⓘ
influenced Roman medical tradition ⓘ
later Greek medical writers ⓘ
medieval European medicine ⓘ
medieval Islamic medicine ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainTheme prediction of disease outcome ⓘ
prediction of the course of disease ⓘ
methodology empirical observation of patients ⓘ
systematic recording of clinical signs ⓘ
partOf Hippocratic Corpus ⓘ
purpose to guide physicians in foretelling the course of disease ⓘ
to improve physician credibility through accurate predictions ⓘ
to predict the likely outcome of illness ⓘ
relatedWork Aphorisms (Hippocratic treatise) ⓘ
linked to: Hippocratic Corpus

Epidemics (Hippocratic treatise) ⓘ
linked to: Hippocratic Corpus
studiedIn classics ⓘ
history of medicine ⓘ
philology ⓘ
traditionalAuthor Hippocrates ⓘ
transmittedThrough manuscript tradition ⓘ
usedBy medieval physicians ⓘ
physicians in antiquity ⓘ
usedFor clinical decision-making ⓘ
communicating prognosis to patients ⓘ

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Hippocrates → notableWork → Prognostics ⓘ
Hippocratic Corpus → containsWork → On Prognostics ⓘ
linked to: Prognostics