268 Journal of Comparative Neurology. 



it in favor of lura. The first two cervical vertebrae alone have mon- 

 onymic titles ; but were there similar anatomical, physiological, or 

 surgical occasions for specifying any other member of the vertebral 

 series, a mononym would probably soon be proposed and generally 

 accepted. 



§i68. The German criticisms of the American methods 

 and results quoted above (§§147-153) are comparatively brief 

 and general. A more extended and particular arraignment is 

 contained in the article of Prof. Wilhelm His ('95, 6-']). Al- 

 though published under his name, yet its association with the 

 official list of Nomina anatoniica^ as adopted by the Gesellschaft, 

 the prominent part taken by him in the formation and work of 

 the committee, and his high reputation based upon splendid con- 

 tributions to science extending through many years, all endow 

 his utterances upon the subject with not merely personal but 

 semi-official significance. Indeed, in the absence (so far as I 

 know) of any dissent therefrom, those utterances must be re- 

 garded as representing the views of the older German anatom- 

 istsl On this account it is more to be regretted that some of 

 his criticisms should exhibit in a marked degree the lack of in- 

 formation and of comprehension mentioned in the introduction 

 to the present article (§§3-4). 



§169. Criticism by Prof. Wilhelm His ('95, 6-y)^ 



" Die anatomische Gesellschaft Grossbritanniens hat 1893 ^'"^ 

 eigene Commission zur Anpassung unserer Vorschlage an die englisch- 

 en Bediirfnisse niedergesezt,-* und etwas friiher noch (1890) hat eine 

 Gesellschaft amerikanischer Anatomen die Nomenclaturfrage in die 

 Hand zu nehmen versucht. Die Aeusserungen der englischen Com- 

 mission liegen noch nicht vor, dagegen haben die amerilcanische 

 Commission und deren sehr eifriges Mitglied, Hr. Wilder, bereits 



'It would be desirable to know whether the list may be obtained otherwise 

 than as part of the article, as will be the case with Part VII of the present 

 paper. 



'By some of the younger neurologists the American ideas have been more 

 hospitably entertained and certain newer terms actually adopted. 



'The original is here reproduced verbatitn et literatim et punduatim. In the 

 translation (Jiyo) I have ventured to modify certain subordinate features that 

 may have been due to haste upon the part of the author or proof-reader. 



^ Journal of Aftaiomy and Physiology, 1894. Vol. XXVII [XXVIII]. 



