Glossary H
Glossary H
Hippocrates refers to a Greek physician who has been honored as the father of medicine and also shared the belief that the brain controlled all senses and movements. He was the first to recognize that paralysis occurred on the side of the body opposite the side of a head injury.Hippocrates based his medical practice on observations and on the study of the human body. He held the belief that illness had a physical and a rational explanation. He argued that all mental and physical disorders had natural causes and that treatment of such disorders should consist of such things as rest, proper diet, and exercise. Hippocrates lived from 460 to 370 B.C.
Histogram is defined as a frequency distribution graph in which a vertical bar indicates the frequency of each score from an interval or ratio scale of measurement. Moreover, Histogram is a means of illustrating the frequency of quantitative data using contiguous vertical bars. Quantitative class intervals are plotted on the abscissa, with frequency represented on the ordinate and the frequency of each class represented by the height of the bar over that class interval.
Historical development approach refers to the approach to history that concentrates on an element of a field or discipline and describes how the understanding or approach to studying that element has changed over time. An example of Historical development approach is a description of how mental illness has been defined and studied throughout history.