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thoracic viscera, whilst the eighth is devoted to the circulatory 
system. 
In the eighth chapter we have an account of the nerves, and 
in the ninth of the brain. Here the authors introduce an ac- 
count of the Amphibian brain to be studied in the frog, — that 
general “ martyr of Science,” as he has been called. Instruc- 
tions are given for rapidly and painlessly killing these animals, 
which students might otherwise find no easy task. A comparison 
between the brains of the frog and of the cat is then instituted. 
The following recommendations for research are given : — 
“ Numerous and careful preparations and drawings should be 
made of the brains of all Carnivora and monkeys, especially the 
young. The same should be done for peculiar foetal and adult 
human brains. Between the ordinary Carnivora and the mon- 
keys are two groups whose brains should be studied with especial 
care : the seals have a rudimentary post-cornu and occipital lobe, 
and these parts are said to be well developed in the lemurs, which 
have affinities with both the Carnivora and the Primates.” It 
need scarcely be added that such researches are no less needed 
from a psychological than from a morphological point of view. 
The eleventh chapter finally deals with the cranial nerves and 
the organs of sensation. There is also an Appendix, and a 
somewhat elaborate Bibliography. 
So far we have felt great pleasure in examining this work. 
The authors are masters of their subject, and are earnestly de- 
sirous to explain every detail to the student, and to put him in 
the right track for conducting original research, which should be, 
in our opinion, the main object in the pursuit of Science. 
The work has, however, another phase which to us is less 
satisfactory. The authors are anxious to introduce a new nomen- 
clature, in which many intelligible and simple terms are to be 
replaced by new-coined Graeco-Latinisms. The very title of the 
book, “Anatomical Technology,” is a departure from common 
usage, and is therefore liable to be misunderstood. Under 
“ Technology ” the world understands the scientific principles of 
some trade, manufacture, or industrial art. Had we merely seen 
this book announced, without a sketch of the contents, we should 
not have had the slightest conception of its nature. We should 
have preferred some such title as “Anatomical Manipulations,” 
or “ Guide to Anatomical Practice.” 
As regards the new terminology, we think nothing can be a 
greater mistake than the multiplication of technical terms, espe- 
cially in any portion of Biology. The great educational advan- 
tage of the Natural Sciences, as compared with Classical Studies, 
is that they draw off the attention from words to fasten it upon 
things. By the reckless multiplication of technicalities this ad- 
vantage is more and more forfeited. But there is, as it appears 
to us, a further sin in Dr. Wilder’s reformed nomenclature. Now 
that an increased and increasing number of persons, who are 
