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feststehen oder soweit sie iiberhaupt nothig, bleiben der freien Aus- 

 wahl eines Jeden uberlassen. * 



2. Der Name soil ein kurzes sicheres Merkzeichen sein und 

 weder eine Beschreibung noch eine speculative Betrachtung in sich 

 einschliessen. 



3. Kein Korpertheil soil einen unnothig langen Namen fiihren. 



4. Kein Korpertheil soil denselben Namen haben, den schon 

 ein anderer fiihrt, mit Ausnahme etwa des Falles, wenn es sich um 

 Homologien handelt. 



5. Die Namen sollen sprachlich und orthographisch richtig sein. 



6. Die Benennungen nach Personen werden so viel als thunlich 

 vermieden, namentlich wenn sie betrachtliche ' historische Unrichtig- 

 keiten enthalten. 



7. Im Ganzen will die Commission conservativ im weitesten 

 Sinne verfahren." 



§158. In the following- translation the bracketed interpo- 

 lations refer to definitions or commentaries in the present 

 article. 



"The principles here stated are not to be understood as if meant 

 for laws of nature free from exception. Their formulation is all the 

 more to be regarded as provisional, since muscles alone are here in 

 question : 



1. Each part of the body should have a single Latin name. One 

 should not, as in many manuals, employ a sive, and then use both 

 expressions alternately [pecilonymy, §34]- German designations 

 [heteronyms, §43], in so far as they are not already established, or so 

 far as they are really necessary, are left to the free choice of the 

 individual. 



2. The name should be a short definite expression (sicheres 

 Merkzeichen) and indicate neither description nor speculative obser- 

 vation, [§51, from Owen|. 



3. No part shall have an unnecessarily long name [magniloquy, 

 §40]. 



4. No part shall have the same name that already belongs tp an- 

 other, except in the case of homologues, [homonyms, §§23, 67]. 



5. The name shall be grammatically and orthographically correct. 



6. Personal designations are to be avoided as much as possible, 

 especially when they contain considerable historic errors ; [eponyms, 



7. In general the commission intends to act conservatively in 

 the widest sense of the word." 



§159. In August of the same year Dr. Krause presented 

 to the British Association for the Advancement of Science a 

 brief statement of principles (Krause, b) and commentary there 

 on. The essential parts are here reproduced. 



