Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hippocrates \Hip*poc"ra*tes\, n.
   A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos,
   about 460 B. C.

   {Hippocrates' sleeve}, a conical strainer, made by stitching
      together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth,
      esp. flannel of linen.

Source : WordNet®

Hippocrates
     n : medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of
         medicine; author of the Hippocratic Oath (circa 460-377
         BC)