Contributions to physiological and pathological anatomy : containing the observations made at the Philadelphia anatomical rooms during the session of 1824-25 / by John D. Godman.

  • Godman, John D. (John Davidson), 1794-1830.
Date:
1825
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Credit: Contributions to physiological and pathological anatomy : containing the observations made at the Philadelphia anatomical rooms during the session of 1824-25 / by John D. Godman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I am indebted to my friend Dr. J. R. Barton, for two interesting and very perfect instances of mean holy or « sacred bone, but great bone; either be- cause of its being made up of several pieces, or from being the base of the spinal column, or from the important organs placed in its immediate vicinity. The word ifg«t means prcBstans, magnus, as well as sacer. The word sacer is used in Latin for great as well as holy. Aretseus, speaking of the reason why epilepsy was called ugov »ec-o», morbus sacer, expressly states that it was called so, not because of its being a judgment from Heaven, but because of its violence and distressing character, as the word sacred was used in the sense of great. K«< 'iEPOZ yt» « MErA*'' [x£g< Ewtteiro-tos; €<€a* «•] In like manner, we have ignis sacer among the Latins ; and numerous instances may be selected from the Latin poets, as in the common quota- tion from Vrirgil: ' Quid non mortalia pectora cogis, Auri sacra fames.' Homer, speaking of the manner in which Patroclus, after thrusting his spear through the cheek of Thestor, draws him from his chariot, says— ' As when a man Seated on jutting- rock, drags from the deep With cord and shining hook, the mighty fish.'* If we desire further proof of the synonymous use of the terms holy and great, we may observe in the Hebrew language —— u; OTt TIC P<v>C Tlergti cai rsfoQxnrt xaSo^fvof IEPON < v8uy Ev ixovTOio 6upa£f Mva xai nvoxt ^axxw IAIAA: IT. ——— Veluti cum vir Scopulo inprominenti sedem, SACRUM facer* Ex ponto foras lino et splendido «re. GtARKitrs.