Re: [HAPS-L] Word of the Day project

[Alan Magid <amagid@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jon et al.,

The citation I provided might well be considered fair use in these
circumstances (a brief excerpt from an out-of-print scholarly and
educational resource used episodically). An issue I don't care to argue, but
thanks for pointing up the author, Dr. O.H. Perry Pepper, late of U-Penn
School of Medicine. Both a physician and teacher-scholar.

Here's a wonderful essay about Medical Terminology he wrote in 1948 and
presented to Medical Library Association at their annual meeting.

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=194778&pageindex=1

His personal style and grace of language are a delight. Good summer reading?

-Alan

PS Is Baghdad or Las Vegas hotter? The same! Durham, a mere 86 F.

> From: Jon Jackson <jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: <HAPS-L@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:17:37 -0500
> To: <HAPS-L@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [HAPS-L] Word of the Day project
> 
> All,
> 
> Alan's link takes you to a compendium of words from OHP Pepper's
> "Medical Etymology" (a pricey 1st edition of which I was able to obtain
> a couple of years ago). Pepper's book is out of print, but it is still
> under copyright, and methinks that the Emory website Alan has shared
> with us is right out there in flagrant violation of copyright law. This
> is not to take anything away from the book or its contents, which are
> first-rate.
> 
> JJ
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Alan Magid wrote:
>> Carey-
>> 
>> What you are doing is nifty and valuable. Hope you sell a bunch of books.
>> 
>> Off the top of my head, here are a few candidates with interesting and
>> memorable etymologies:
>> 
>> Ventricle ? little belly
>> Omentum ­ an apron (of lacy fat!)
>> Muscle ­ little mouse (from the moving contractile lump evoked by a
>> sharp blow ? a bit of boyhood bravado)
>> Ankle ­ angle
>> Clavicle ­ little key (like one that fits a church door)
>> Sacrum ? the bone where the soul resides ? sacred bone
>> 
>> There¹s an online site that offers concise etymologies for many
>> anatomical terms:
>> 
>> http://www.emory.edu/ANATOMY/AnatomyManual/Etymology.html
>> 
>> Good luck and have fun.
>> 
>> -Alan
>> 
> 
> -- 
> Dr. Jon Jackson
> Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
> University of North Dakota School of Medicine
> Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037
> 
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