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=Matrix=--ma'trix, not mat'rix.
=Mistura=--mis-tu'ra, not mis'tu-ra.
=Molecule=--mol'e-kule, not mo'le-kule.
=Mollities=--mol-lish'i-ez, not mol'li-tez.
=Molybdenum=--mol-ib-de'num, not mo-lib'de-num.
=Nasmyth=--na'smith, not naz'mith.
=Nicolai=--nee'ko-li, not nik'o-la.
=Nucleolus=--nu-kle'o-lus, not nu-kle-o'lus.
=Oris=--o'ris, not or'is.
=Ovale=--o-va'le, not o-val'e.
=Panizzi=--pa-nit'see or pa-net'see, not pan-iz'zy.
=Pepys=--peps, not pe'pis nor pep'is.
=Pes Anserinus=--pez an-ser-i'nus, not pez an-ser'i-nus. I once heard a professor describing the facial nerve to his cla.s.s, and he dwelt upon this plexus for some time, calling it the "Pons Asinorum."
=Podagra=--pod'a-gra, not po-da'gra. Worcester gives po-dag'ra also.
=Podophyllum=---pod-o-phyl'um, not po-doph'yl-lum.
=Process=--pros'ess, not pro'sess.
=Prostate=--pros'tate, not pros'trate.
=Purkinje=--poo
=Pylorus=--pi-lo'rus, not pi-lor'us.
=Pyrethrum=--pir'e-thrum, not pi-re'thrum.
=Quadrumana=--quad-ru'ma-na, not quad-ru-ma'nia.
=Rubeola=--ru-be'o-la, not ru-be-o'la.
=Sacrum=--sa'krum, not sak'rum.
=Sagittal=--saj'it-tal, not sa-jit'tal. Danglison gives the latter.
=Sanies=--sa'ni-ez, not sa'nez nor san'ez.
=Scabies=--sca'bi-ez, not scab'ez nor sca'bez.
=Seidlitz=--sid'litz, not sed'litz, unless spelled =Sedlitz=.
=Sinapis=--si-na'pis, not sin'a-pis.
=Squamous=--skwa'mus, not skwaw'mus.
=Systole=--sis'to-le, not sis'tole.
=Tinctura=--tinc-tu'ra, not tinct'u-ra.
=t.i.tanium=--ti-ta'ni-um, not ti-tan'i-um.
=Trachea=--tra-ke'a or tra'ke-a, not track'e-a.
=Tremor=--tre'mor, not trem'-or. Webster allows the latter also.
=Trismus=--triss'mus, not triz'mus.
=Umbilicus=--um-bi-li'kus, according to Worcester, Thomas and Dunglison. Webster gives um-bil'i-kus.
=Variola=--va-ri'o-la, not va-ri-o'la.
=Veratrum=--ve-ra'trum, not ve-rat'rum.
=Vertebral=--ver'te-bral, not ver-te'bral.
=Virchow=--fir'ko, not vr'chow nor vr'kow.
=Zinci=--zin'si, not zink'i.
SENTENCES FOR PRACTICE.
The following extract is from the letter of a friend, to whom were sent some of the advance pages of this work: "I am absolutely filled with astonishment to see how many simple words I have been misp.r.o.nouncing all my life, and would have kept on misp.r.o.nouncing to the end of my days if my thoughts had not been directed to them. If I were in your place I would end the book with a story in which all the words would be used in the course of the narrative. I can imagine no amus.e.m.e.nt more instructive or interesting than for a social party to read in turns, under some penalty for each mistake."
I had myself conceived the idea of presenting the words untrammeled with explanation of the orthoepy, or marks of accent; but the form was not decided upon.
The effort to compose a narrative was abandoned after a fair trial; for to have a plot and also bring the words in natural position would require a large volume; otherwise, it made senseless jumble. In the trial sentences given the objects are gained in small s.p.a.ce. Those objects are to allow readers to exercise the memory and test their friends; and at the same time to use the words syntactically. It is hoped that the reader will pardon any absurdities of context; as they can not be avoided where one is compelled to use so many selected words, and is obliged to force them into a small compa.s.s.
MELANGE.
