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cle ; and of tarsus and ciliiun in both macroscopic and micro- 

 scopic senses. Whatever may be the outcome I shall always 

 regret the confusion arising from what I now regard as a mani- 

 festation of excessive conscientiousness. 



§71. Terms WitJidraivn. — Through ignorance, misappre- 

 hension, timidity, or over-confidence, I have at various times pro- 

 posed or employed needless or objectionable terms. Their for- 

 mal withdrawal is here made in accordance with a conviction 

 which was expressed ('91, «) five years ago: "Since every 

 one makes mistakes, the interests of all concerned would be 

 subserved by the adoption of the custom of each correcting his 

 own, either as soon as discovered or periodically ; a sort of sci- 

 entific confession of sins. The natural corollary to this would 

 be that each well-disposed discoverer of another's fault would 

 inform him privately so that he might make prompt correction. 

 This plan I have followed in several cases, and have reason to 

 believe it has served to avoid personal irritation and the need- 

 less repetition of criticism." 



§72. The following terms are hereby withdrawn: Hypo- 

 campa (for hippocampus \jnajcv^; W. & G., '86, 400^; Spitzka, 

 '84; Vicq d'Azyr, 1786, 61, ei seq. Torus (for tuber \cmereunr^. 

 Lenum (for torcular \Herophili\; '84). Cej'ebrocortex (for cortex 

 cerebri or cerebral cortex'). CerebellocoHex (for cortex cerebelli or 

 cerebellar cottex. Commissure habenarum (for supracommiss2irci)\ 

 W. & G., '86,400<^. Mediventficle (for "third ventricle"); '80, d 

 Lativeutricle (for "lateral ventricle "); '80 d. Procele (for para- 

 cele); '84, c; W. &G., '86, 400;^. Code and its compounds (for 

 cele and its compounds); (§69). 



§73. If the foregoing list of my verbifactive sins appears 

 damagingly large, let the critics scan their own records with 

 equal closeness ; I have at least been consistent within the lim- 

 its of a single publication. 



§74. Fifteen years ago I was so oppressed by the length 

 and obtrusive Latinity of the current names for the segments 

 of the brain, proseucephalon, etc., as to suggest ('81, b) that they 

 might sometimes be abbreviated to proseu., etc. Three years 

 later, in accordance with the analogies of quad (for quadraugle)\ 



