As the field to be covered and the problems to be solved were totally different from those of general literature, the authors Vernacular or vulgar medical words, and under appropriate headings to present all the technical words associated with a INTRODUCTION Thesaurus of Medical Words and Phrases " aims to medical literature the same services which Roget's perform " Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases " has done for literature in general that is, instead of supplying, as an ordinary-ĭictionary does, the meaning to given words, it reverses the process, and when the meaning or idea is in the mind, it en-ĭeavors to supply the fitting term or phrase to express that It aims especially to give the technical equivalents of General's Office, of the excellent facilities of which Nichols, of Colurn-įinally, we might state that the work could hardly have been prepared apart from the great library of the Surgeon. Wall, of Georgetown Medical College, and Dr. We desire to acknowledge our indebtedand advice, notably to Dr. Gould, Dunglison, Quain, Billings, and Lippincott. ''Real Encyclopadie des gesammten Heilkunde," Eulenburg, 22 Terminologia Medica Polyglotta," by Maxwell Nomenclature of Disease " of the Royal College of Physi-ĭictionnaire Encyclopedique des Sciences v.," Paris, been of especial value, and deserve to be mentioned for exof reference, monographs, " Has been enormously augmented from the fact that no prototype existed which could be used as a model.īeing large and compreencyclopedias, and other works listĪ few books, however, have etc. Involved in such an undertaking, as can readily be understood, Years in the attempt to consummate this plan. Washington, finding that no such work existed, attempt to supply this defect in Medical Lexi. After a thorough search of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office at Porarily escaped our minds, and which was needed in theīe consulted before the required term could be found sug-īe of assistance to others placed in a like situation. This work originated some years agoĪ certain technical term to express an idea which "JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION"ĪND SKILL, AND AS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE KINDNESS AND CONSIDERATION WHICH HE HAS SO FREQUENTLY SHOWN THE AUTHORS ONCE SURGEON-GENERAL OF THE MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE SUR(JERY AT RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE, CHICAGO Registered at Stationers" Hall, London, England.ĮLECTROTYPED BY WESTCOTT & THOMSON.
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