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en ce, they have endeavoured to introduce through- 

 out a greater degree of precision and concinnity— 

 dividing it into general and partial Orismology ; 

 — under the former head defining such terms as 

 relate to Substance, Resistance, Density, Propor- 

 tion, Figure, Form, Superficies, (under which are 

 introduced Sculpture, Clothing, Colour, &c. ) 

 Margin, Termination, Incision, Ramification, 

 Division, Direction, Situation, Connection, Arms, 

 &c. ; and under the latter those that relate to the 

 body and its parts and members,, considered in its 

 great subdivisions of Head, Trunk, and Abdomen. 

 In short, they may rest their claim of at least aiming 

 at considerable improvement in this department 

 upon the great number of new terms, and altera- 

 tions of old ones,, which they have introduced — in 

 external Anatomy alone falling little short of 150. 

 If it should be thought by any one that they have 

 made too many changes, they would remind him 

 of the advice of Bergman to Morveau, when re- 

 forming the nomenclature of Chemistry, the 

 soundness of which Dugald Stewart has recog- 

 nised — " Nefaites grace a aucune denomination 

 impropre. Ceux qui savent dejd, entendront tou- 

 jour s ; ceux qui ne savent pas encore, entendront 

 plutot. " 



Throughout the whole publication, wherever 

 any fact of importance not depending on their 



