296 Journal of Comparative Neurology. 



Nomenclature [§85,/, and note^ ], including a characterization of the 

 Handbook article " as representing an epitome of the whole subject, 

 with suggestions for future progress." A copy of that Report was 

 sent to you. Is your absolute silence as to the article to be interpreted 

 as indicating that you not only never saw it, but never heard of it, or 

 had no idea of its scope ? 



§224. From Professor His to the writer, Dec. 15, 1895. 



Sehr geehrter Herr College : Ihr Brief vom 3d M. mit den 6 

 fragen trifft erst heute bei mir ein, und es ist mir zweifelhaft, ob meine 

 Antwort bis zum 26 in Ihren Handen sein kann. Ohne in Einzeln- 

 heiten einzutreten, was wohl ziemlich nutzlos sein wiirde, hebe ich 

 hervor, dass es sich in dieser Sache nicht um eine personliche Angel- 

 egenheit handelt, da die anatomische Gesellschaft als solche zu Ihren 

 Bestrebungen Stellung genommen hat. Sie finden die Erklarung der 

 anatomischen Gesellschaft im Bericht [etc.; see this article §147]. 



HochachtungsvoU Ihr ergebener, W. His. 



§225, Translation of the above letter from Professor His, 

 Dec. 15, 1895. 



Esteemed Colleague : Yours of the 3d containing six queries 

 was received to-day and I doubt whether my answer can reach you for 

 the 26th. Without entering into details, which would very likely be 

 useless, I point out that this is not a personal matter, since the' Ana- 

 tomische Gesellschaft as such is opposed to your efforts. You will 

 find its declaration in the Report, etc. [see §147 of this article]. 



Respectfully yours, W. His. 



§226. From the writer to Professor His, Jan. 3, 1896. 



Professor His, Dear Sir : Your favor of Dec. 15th reached 

 Philadelphia after the close of the last session of the Association of 

 American Anatomists. I infer that you had no objection to its publica- 

 tion. Pray accept my thanks for your promptness, and for the ref- 

 erences to the published opinion of your committee. This I was ac- 

 quainted with. It is practically a declaration of conservatism which 

 I hope to find time to comment upon. I conclude that you regard 

 the queries in my communication of Dec. 3, 1895, as covered by the 

 committee's opmion. Whatever view might be taken as to the first 

 four, I feel justified in calling upon you personally for explicit re- 

 sponses to the last two, viz.: — What " ungrammatic verbal combina- 

 tions " occur in my recent lists ? What explanation have you for in- 

 timating that my first publication on Anatomic Nomenclature was 

 dated in 1889 instead of 1880, and for ignoring the article " Anat. 

 Terminology" in the " Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences," 

 1889? 



The immediate question is. What is due to those continental 

 anatomists who, in the absence of my lists of terms or of the publica- 

 tions by myself and other Americans who have more or less complete- 



