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

["David Evans" <devans@xxxxxxx>]

Penn College encouraged me to take two different Greek courses. PSU, by the way, used to have an excellent correspondence class...

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From: HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rawding, Robert S
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 10:35 AM
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Subject: RE: [HAPS-L] Word of the Day project

HAPSters,

I had the great fortune of having been "forced" to take four years of Latin at my prep school, and we also were required to take an exam, the Auxilium Latinum to demonstrate our competency.

It should be of no great surprise that Pepper's article / speech  (and I must apologize, I don't really want to say Dr. Pepper's speech ....) reinforces the importance of a sound education.  I had no idea at the time that I would have a career in a discipline in which terminology is its 'bread and butter.'   Knowing Latin makes learning and remembering anatomical and physiological terminology a breeze....(well, almost a breeze)

--Bob --

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From: HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Magid
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 3:08 PM
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Subject: Re: [HAPS-L] Word of the Day project

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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