Medical etymology

*Medical Etymology: The History and Derivation of Medical Terms for Students of Medicine, Dentistry, and Nursing* was written by O. H. Perry Pepper, M.D. (who was a Prof. of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania). The title page has a Latin quote: > Verbum sapienti sat est This is translated as "Word to the wise is sufficient". ---------- The book is divided into the following chapters: Part I. Introduction 1 Background of Medical Terminology 5 Prefixes, Suffixes, Compounds & Transliteration 11 Eponyms and Onomatopoetic Words Part II. Preclinical Subjects 15 Anatomy 16 Gross 39 Microscopic and Embryology 45 Neuroanatomy 51 Physiological Chemistry 61 Physiology 71 Pathology 87 Bacteriology 99 Pharmacology and Therapeutics 109 Parasitology Part III. Clinical Subjects 119 Medicine 141 Surgery 155 Pediatrics 161 Neurology 169 Gynecology and Obstetrics 181 Ophthalmology 193 Dermatology 203 Otolaryngology 211 Psychiatry 219 Radiology Part IV. Dentistry 223 Dental Terminology 239 Index Of Words ---------- The author give the following suggestions for use of this book: > SUGGESTIONS FOR USE OF BOOK >The student may use this book in several ways, each of which will be helpful in the accumulation, understanding, and use of the necessary vocabulary: > 1. At the very onset of the course of study the student is urged to read the preliminary text, pages i to 13. This supplies very briefly a little of the background needed for an appreciation of medical terminology. > 2. Effort has been made to place each word under the subject in which it will first be met. > 3. In a less systematic fashion the book may be used merely as a reference book in which the derivation of words is sought. > 4. Blank pages follow each subject group in Parts II, III, and IV, and the student is encouraged to record such words as are not found in the printed text...Scientific terms are coined daily, and to keep any list up to date will require constant additions. Perhaps one of the best comments Pepper made states "...let us do anything we can to make medical terminology. which is a tool we must use, a tool easier to use and one perhaps to enjoy." This is something that many people need to take to heart as new words are coined through the progression of knowledge & as science discovers new concepts. Pepper also gives a basic history of medical terminology as a whole going from Hippocrates to the early 20th century.