Wilder, Neural Terms. 289 



the phrase was first employed, and the description by Monro secund- 

 us ( 1783), in whose honor ii was appHed, is somewhat vague. 



( 3 ) In order to indicate our opinion of the desirability of 

 recognizing the aula as morphologically an important element of the 

 series of encephalic cavities."^ 



§212. Proton. — This neuter noun was used by me ('93, a, 

 §46, note) to designate the comparatively undifferentiated mass 

 in which two or more parts might afterward be distinguishable. 

 It is free from certain obvious and by no means inconsiderable 

 objections that may be brought against Anlage and fiuidaincnt 

 as English words. It is subject to inflection, and may be 

 adopted into any language. In many derivatives or compounds 

 it is associated in the minds of all educated persons with the 

 general idea of primitiveness. Its employment is in harmony 

 with the following phrases from Aristotle cited for me by Prof. 



B. I. Wheeler: to -/jmtov^ ^ npwrrj ukrj ; i) TTfJtUT-q airia. 



§213. In short, all my regrets for the errors already con- 

 fessed (^71) and for others of which I maybe convicted, to- 

 gether with all my doubts regarding certain of the terms not as 

 yet acted upon by the American committees, shrink into the 

 background of my mind as I reflect upon the nature and signifi- 

 cance of aula and proton, and upon the advantages that have 

 been and may be gained from their employment. 



§214. In the foregoing extract (§207) I suppose "Barbar- 

 ismen" T:(\Q3.ns verba hybrida, i. e., words formed by the con- 

 junction of Latin and Greek elements. If so, one of the six 

 specified organonyms, viz., auliplcxus, must be exempted from 

 the stigma since aula, although derived from the Greek abXij 

 is a Latin word in good standing. To the remaining five I add 

 five other neural mononymic hybrids for which I am respons- 

 ible. In a parallel column of Table IV are given the equivalents 

 either as in the German list or as they would be regularly form- 

 ed. In another (the first) column are placed an equal num- 

 ber of hybrid words selected from the German list, and hence, 

 I infer, sanctioned by the President of the Commission. With 



* With some of the lower vertebrates (e. g., Chi/naera, '77, a,) the aula is 

 much more extensive than either of the "lateral ventricles" with which it is 

 connected through the two portae. 



