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konnte, nunmehr um der Ordnung und des Verständnisses willen von 
der Bicuspidalis reden muß. 
Vorstehende Zeilen mögen nicht als nörgelnde Schulmeisterei, 
sondern als ein Versuch, zur weiteren Ausgestaltung des gelungenen 
Werks ein Scherflein beizutragen, aufgefaßt werden, als eine Bethätigung 
des wissenschaftlichen Gemeinsinns, an welchen die ,,anat. Nomen- 
clatur“ (p. 180) selbst appellirt. 
Nachdruck verboten. 
Some Neural and Deseriptive Terms. 
To the Editor of Anatomischer Anzeiger. 
In a recent circular asking the opinions of experts as to the 
prevailing and preferred usage of anatomic and neurologic terms in 
behalf of the projected Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, Dr. 
C. L. Herrick mentions certain terms and principles which have been 
either proposed or adopted by me. 
But for the request to “respond as early as possible” I should 
suggest that replies be either delayed or regarded as provisional until 
after the appearance of my paper, ‘Neural Terms, International and 
National” (Journal of Comparative Neurology, VI, p. 216—340, Dec., 
1896), wherein the general subject is discussed at length, and in 
parallel columns are given the neuronyms adopted by the Anatomische 
Gesellschaft in 1895 and those now preferred by me. But for the 
remoteness of Dr. HERRICK’s present address the following comments 
would be submitted to him first. 
3(b). For the part now called by the Gesellschaft “Substantia 
perforata lateralis”, I formerly proposed praeperforata, but since 
1889 have employed praecribrum. 
4(e) Metencephalon, as employed in the last three editions of 
“QUAIN”’, and adopted by me in 1881, designates the last definitive 
encephalic segment, i. e., between the cerebellar segment (our ep- 
encephalon) and the myelon or spinal cord. As given in the circular 
it has two other usages, viz., either for the cerebellar segment alone 
(His), or for both regions (some authors), The encephalic segments 
will form the subject of a paper at the coming meeting of the Asso- 
ciation of American Anatomists. 
g) Metencoele is doubtless a misprint for metacoele. The 
