Wilder, Neural Tefms. 329 



§252. Caution in Publishing Nezv Terms. — It is true that 

 words needlessly introduced into anatomy have no such embar- 

 rassing permanency as is conventionally assigned to synonyms 

 in systematic zoology. Nevertheless, for a time at least, they 

 encumber current publications and dictionaries. Hence, how- 

 ever necessary and legitimate they may seem to the framer, 

 neither a new term, nor an old one in a new sense, should be 

 actually published without prolonged consideration, and con- 

 sultation with at least four individuals representing as many 

 categories of possible critics : — {a) an investigator of the same 

 general subject ; {U) an experienced teacher ; {c) an earnest stu- 

 dent; (<^) a philologic expert whose admiration for the past 

 has not blinded him to the needs of the present and the future. 



§253. Method of Introduction of New Terms. — As "ur- 

 gently recommended " by the A. A. A. S. Committee on Bio- 

 logical Nomenclature (§84), " Whenever a technical word is 

 used for the first time, the author should give in a special note 

 (a) the Latin form, (p) the etymology, (f) the proper adopted 

 form or paronym for his own language, with the adjective, etc., 

 when applicable, {d) as concise and precise a definition as 

 possible." 



§254. Indirect Responsibility for Latin Terms. — Even when 

 the foregoing admirable rule is not followed, the validity of the 

 following can hardly be questioned : — "The introduction of any 

 derivative, oblique case, or national paronym renders the intro- 

 ducer responsible for the actual or potential Latin antecedent of 

 such word in accordance with the usual rules of derivation and 

 paronymy (§178). 



§255. Paronyms versus Heteronyms. — Excepting with a 

 few conspicuous or particularly important parts, e. g., head, 

 heart, brain, etc. (§48), there should be employed either the 

 Latin (international) names, or the national paronyms (§46 ; 

 Tables II and V). It is quite true that " caUing a millstone 

 by a Greek name does not enable us to see a whit farther into 

 it"; yet the designation of parts of the body by terms of classic 

 source, even if somewhat modified in form, enables the anato- 



