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".


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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


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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.