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to existed. Consideration for the already established laws of common 

 language formation, as also regard for the historic development of our 

 own science, forbid the Anatomische Gesellschaft to follow the Ameri- 

 can committee in this way. Should the formation of a peculiar ana- 

 tomic vocabulary in America advance in the direction indicated, there 

 would then be opened an impassable gulf between the representatives 

 of anatomic and medical science, and consequently the cooperation in 

 scientific work hitherto existing would be deeply disturbed." 



§148. In order to appreciate the full significance of the 

 foregoing, there must be borne in mind certain facts : (a) It is 

 directed by the Anatomische Gesellschaft against the endeavors 

 [Bestrebungen] of t/ie American Nomenclature Committee. 

 (d) At that time (spring of 1895) there were fotcr American 

 committees (§§80-84) representing three distinct associations. 

 (c) The committee of the Neurological Association had not 

 then reported, (d) The reports of the other three committees 

 were substantially embodied in that of the most comprehensive 

 committee of the most comprehensive association, viz., the A. 

 A. A. S., (§84), of which I was not a member, (e) What had 

 been done by any American committee up to the spring of 

 1895, therefore, is represented by sections 1-5 of the Neuro- 

 logical report (§80). (/) The recommendations therein con- 

 tained had been adopted unanimously by the three committees 

 and by the three associations, hence the reference of the Ana- 

 tomische Gesellschaft to tJie American Committee, while strict- 

 ly inaccurate, really did no injustice. 



§149. Having disposed of these historic details let us 

 now see whether the real divergence between the American and 

 German conclusions at that time was such as to warrant warn- 

 ings and injunctions so solemn and sweeping as are contained 

 in the declaration above quoted, (§147.) 



§150. The American recommendations may be grouped 

 as {a) specific and {U) general. The specific refer to the follow- 

 ing terms : (i) vertebrae thoracales ; (2) Jiippocainpus ; (3) pons ; 

 (4) insula ; (5) calcar; (6) pia ; (7) diira. Of these seven, 

 four, a majority, coincide absolutely with the German adop- 

 tions. 



§151. The other three are discussed in Part III, §§105, 



