A dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by the late Richard D. Hoblyn.

  • Richard Hoblyn
Date:
1899
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Credit: A dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences / by the late Richard D. Hoblyn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EDITION. The present Edition of this work, though differing Httle in bulk from the preceding Edition, contcains several marked features of distinction. The last Edition has undergone complete revision and emendation. ]Many terms, fallen more or less into disuse, have been omitted ; and a considerable amount of fresh matter has been introduced, in order to meet the requirements of the present day. The definitions adopted in the Nomen- clature of Diseases, drawn up by a Committee of the Eoyal College of Physicians, are here inserted with a distinct notice in each case. Further, the inevitable introduction of new terms into Medical Nomenclature, arising from constant discovery, and the unclassical character of many of the terms in common use, have suggested to the Author the propriety of offering a few general remarks on orthography, derivation, and com- position, Avith special reference to medical terminology ; and it is hoped that the intelligent student will derive some profit, perhaps pleasure, from carefully consider- ing the following paragraphs :— 1. The letters 0 and K.—A certain amount of discri- mination has been observed by thoughtful writers dur- ing the last few years, in the use of these letters. The employment of the letter C, instead of the letter K, in terms of Greek origin has led, and still leads, to con- fusion, not only of spelling, but also of articulation, especially when the former letter is followed by the vowels e and i, which suggest, to the English ear, the soft sound of S, instead of the hard sound of K, of the initial syllable of Greek terms. 1. In words of which the K is initial, the objection to its use is gradually disappearing; the intelligent chemist now writes h
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