Paronymy versus heteronymy as neuronymic principles : presidential address at the eleventh annual meeting of the American Neurological Association, June 18, 1885 / by Burt G. Wilder.

  • Wilder, Burt G. (Burt Green), 1841-1925.
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[1885]
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    PARONYMY VERSUS HETERONYMY AS NEU- RONYMIC PRINCIPLES. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AT THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN NEUROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, JUNE l8, 1885. By BURT G. WILDER, M.D. THE double honor conferred upon me last year, in your selection of President and of Chairman of the Com- mittee on Encephalic Nomenclature, I have ventured to interpret as a flattering encouragement from some, as a courteous challenge from others, to do my best—or worst— to win from this Association an acknowledgment of the existing imperfections of neurological language and a fuller consideration of the plans for its improvement which I have advocated during the past five years. The need of some improvement in the nomenclature of the brain is practically admitted by all who, for a known part, deliberately propose a new name, or select an old name to the exclusion of others. By a few writers also it has been explicitly stated. According to Pye-Smith (i, 162),* the nomenclature of the brain stands most in need of revision. One of the greatest of living anatomists makes the fol- lowing distinct suggestion : Whoever will carry out the application of neat, substantive names to the homologous parts and structures of the encephalon, as they may be ascensively determined, will perform a good work in true anatomy (Owen, A, I, 294, note). ■ For the mode of reference adopted in this article, see the Bibliographical List at its close. Reprinted from the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol. xii.. No. 3, July, 1885.