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hospice (medicine)


hospice


An institution that provides a centralised program of palliative and supportive Services to dying persons and their Families, in the form of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care; such Services are provided by an interdisciplinary team of professionals and volunteers who are available at Home and in specialised inpatient settings.

Origin: L. Hospitium, hospitality, lodging, fr. Hospes, guest


Heron of Alexandria (sh)




or Hero of Alexandria

flourished งใ. AD 62, Alexandria, Egypt

Greek mathematician and inventor.

He is remembered for his formula for the area of a triangle and for inventing the aeolipile, the first steam engine, which, in his design, was a forerunner of the jet engine. Of his many treatises, one contains a method for approximating the square root of a number. His writings on mechanics include discussions of the five simple machines, mechanical problems of daily life, and the construction of many kinds of engines.