184 NOTES 



of the classics, and Arnold's "Literature and Science" is in part a 

 rejoinder. 



ii6. public schools. See note, p. 38. 



117. huckstering ones. Those in which buyer and seller contend 

 in a petty way about money transactions. 



118. germane. Relevant, pertinent; bearing a close relation. 

 122. knowledge. Here Huxley breaks the thread of his dis- 

 course to digress. 



125. battle of Thermopylse. Fought between a handful of 

 Greeks and 10,000 Persians. The Greeks displayed signal bravery, 

 but were betrayed. 



127. " fit, non nascitur." Is made, not born. 



131. to be let blood. Bled by opening a vein, as a remedy for 

 disease. 



ADDRESS ON UNIVERSITY EDUCATION 



132. Johns Hopkins. A capitalist of Baltimore, Maryland (died, 

 1873). He founded both Johns Hopkins University and Johns 

 Hopkins Hospital. 



135. philology. See note, p. 52. 

 anthropology. The science of man and of mankind. 

 archaeology. The science of antiquities, as art, architecture, 



monuments, inscriptions, literature, language, implements, and cus- 

 toms. 



136. nascent. Ready to be developed. 



alpha and omega. The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet; 

 here, according to Biblical use_. signifying the beginning and the 

 end. 



139. pathology. The part of medicine which deals with the 

 origin and symptoms of disease. 



therapeutics. That part of medicine which relates to remedies for 

 diseases. 



empiric. An experimenter in medical practice, destitute of ade- 

 quate knowledge; more distinctively, a quack. 



lesions. Changes in the structure of organs due to disease. 

 141. "materia medica. That branch of medical science which 

 treats of the substances used in the treatment of disease, their nature, 

 and their mode of action. 



castoreum. A substance formerly used as a medicine, obtained 

 from the beaver. The term is derived from the scientific Latin name 

 of the animal, castor. 



142. scalpel. A small, light knife used in dissection and in sur- 

 gical operations. 



