286 Journal of Comparative Neurology. 



had I proposed to replace Latin by Choctaw.^ Any anatomist, 

 unprejudiced, and not above conceding the possibiHty that some 

 good thing may come out of the American Nazareth, who will 

 candidly compare the terms in Table VI (Part VII) will admit 

 that in the second column a comparatively small number are 

 new in the strict sense of the word, and that the large majority 

 are either identical with those in the first, or differ therefrom 

 merely in the omission of useless words, or in the replacement 

 of adjectives by prefixes of like signification.^ 



§205. Comments and criticisms by Prof. A. von Kolliker. 

 Early in 1892, about a year after the date of the first letters 

 from the secretary of the German committee (§138) its chair- 

 man spoke as follows (" Nervenzellen und Nervenfasern," Bio- 

 log. Centralblatt, XII, 36, Jan. 30, 1892): 



" So haben amerikanische Gelehrte im letzten Jahre einen Ver- 

 such zur Verbesserung einiger Telle der anatomischen Nomenklatur 

 unternommen, und hoffen wir, dass dieselben unserer Einladung zu 

 gemeinsamer Arbeit entgegenkommen werden. Sollte es gelingen, 

 wenigstens die lateinischen Namen in den morphologischen Wissen- 

 schaften zu einem Gemeingute aller zu machen, so ware hiermit offen- 

 bar ein grosses Ziel erreicht." 



§206. Following is a translation of the above : 



" During the past year American scientists have made an effort 

 toward the miprovement of some parts of Anatomic Nomenclature. 

 We hope they will look favorably upon our invitation to join us in our 

 work. Should we succeed at least in making the Latin names in the 

 morphologic sciences common property, a great end would thereby be 

 attained." 



§206. The foregoing implies that the cooperation of 

 American anatomists not only was desired but had been asked. 

 I am not aware that other members of the American commit- 



^At that time, although my principal article on terminology had not been 

 read by Professor His (see Part VI), the lists of terms preferred by me were in 

 his hands (^140, note), so that no claim can be entertained that he referred 

 merely to what he assumed my proposals " tended " to bring about. 



'Just as this goes to the printer (Nov. 13, 1896) there re^ch me several re- 

 prints of the note by Professor His in the Anat. Ameiger {')^\\, 446-448, Novem- 

 ber, 1896) entitled " Herr Burt Wilder und die Anatomische Nomenclatur." 

 Hi* remarks will be considered in connection with our correspondence, Part VI. 



