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it need not be expected that radical changes will be 

 entered upon. 



In the physiological section some novel ideas 

 were presented. In a discussion of nerve supply for 

 the larynx it was contended that no word in any 

 modern language could take the place of the Greek 

 expression. " Organ of the voice " was not a substi- 

 tutenot a translation. In the course of some re- 

 marks on phonation, Dubois-Reymond stated that in 

 some animals, as the cat and the cow, vocal sounds 

 were produced by inspiration, and not by expiration. 

 Professor Exner remarked that such was also the case 

 with the pig, and gave a realistic demonstration 

 how the grunt was produced by an inspiratory effort. 



I have cited the opinions of scholarly men who 

 are opposed to a prolonged classical career as prepara- 

 tory to the study of medicine ; and to be fair I pro- 

 pose to quote from two or three who are in favor of a 

 thorough training in Latin and Greek. M. Bour- 

 geois, the Minister of Public Education in France, 

 declares that only indifferent success can be attained 

 in scientific studies if the classics be neglected. M. 

 Jules Simon, whose authority on questions of educa- 

 tion is beyond dispute, recently remarked : " I should 

 certainly be disposed to advocate an increase in class- 

 ical studies, for I hold that my friends Berthelot, Ber- 

 trand, Pasteur and Jaunsen, advocate a study of the 

 classics for the good they know to be in them, for the 

 discipline obtained in the study of ancient literature, 

 and for the educational virtue which is imparted to 

 the classical scholar. Where is the liberally educated 

 individual who regrets the cost and time spent in 

 learning Latin and Greek? When such a person is 

 found I should regard him as demented.'' 



