SOME NEURAL TERMS. 1 29 



committee, 1 viz., " Your committee recommend to anatomists 

 that, other things being equal, terms consisting of a single 

 word each be employed rather than terms consisting of two or 

 more words." Proceedings for 1895, p. 4. 



Section 4 is also substantially represented in the " Third 

 Preliminary Report of the Committee on Anatomical Nomencla- 

 ture with Special Reference to the Brain," 2 which was adopted 

 unanimously by the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, Sept. 2, 1889: "They agree upon one point, 

 viz., the advantages, other things being equal, of mononyms 

 (single-word terms) over polyonyms (terms consisting of two or 

 more words)." The report was published in the Proceedings 

 for 1889, page 26. 



Sections I, 2, 3, 5 occur verbatim in the fourth report of 

 the same committee, which was adopted unanimously by the 

 Association Aug. 25, 1890, and printed in the Proceedings, 

 page 20. 



The first five sections of the report of the Neurological 

 Committee are embodied verbatim in the " Preliminary Contri- 

 bution of the American Branch of the International Committee 

 on Biological Nomenclature of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science," 3 which was adopted unanimously 

 by that body Aug. 23, 1892, and published in its Proceedings, 

 page 231.* 



The report just mentioned is so clear, comprehensive, and 

 concise that its main features are here summarized : 



1 Upon the death of Dr. Leidy, Dr. Allen succeeded to the chairmanship of 

 the committee. The place of Dr. Stowell, resigned on account of pressing 

 administrative duties, was filled by the appointment of F. H. Gerrish, M.D., 

 professor of anatomy in the Medical School of Maine. 



2 The committee comprised, besides H. Allen, F. Baker, T. B. Stowell, and B. 

 G. Wilder, chairman, Henry F. Osborn, Sc.D., professor of biology in Columbia 

 University. 



3 The members are George L. Goodale, Ph.D., professor of natural history 

 in Harvard University, chairman ; John M. Coulter, LL.D., president of the State 

 University of Indiana; Theodore Gill, Ph.D., Smithsonian Institution; Charles 

 Sedgwick Minot, Ph.D., professor of embryology in Harvard University; Simon 

 H. Gage, B.S., professor of histology and embryology in Cornell University, 

 secretary. 



4 Reprints were distributed to biologists of all nationalities, and may be obtained 

 from the secretary. 



