medicine, is when the nostrils are sharp, the eyes hollow, the temples low, the tips of the ears contracted and cold, the forehead dry and wrinkled, and the complexion pale or livid.—The Hippocratic face is chiefly observed towards the period of phthisis and other consumptions, and is held a sure prognostic of death. If it appears within three days after the attack of an acute disease, it is deemed to indicate death.