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T H E JO U RN AL OF TH E N A TION AL D EN TA L ASSOCIATION.
place the profession where it deserves to be, it should be guarded against the charlatanism of those who would prate of themselves under titled forms or describe themselves in academic terms that taken seriously are pathetic but which we believe are looked upon generally with amuse ment. For instance we have in our midst an academy which is entirely devoid of academicians. We are inclined to marvel at the assumption. Should such a thing be mentioned where the well-nigh sacred lineage of the term is appreciated we wonder what the reaction would be. The profession can ill afford recognition to such a thing. Also there is the tendency to the display of newly made, badly made entirely unnecessary terms, terms that seem to be constructed and used entirely for their sound. Neither size or sound is deemed a rhetorical asset necessarily. Doubly true is it when a simple form is entirely adequate. There is no need for the supplanation of the effective, ac cepted term by some monstrosity in verbal concoction. Thus ever and anon we see periclasia, periodontoclasia, apioectomy, most recent of all pediadontia, and kindred forms. The whole assortment savers of glass diamond effects; it reminds one of the oratory heard in the colored chapel of days gone by. Big words have always been the playthings of the illiterate. Extraction is always better than exodontia; resection is honored in surgery and is adequate to dental needs. Apioectomy is an atrocity than which apicoectomy is slightly better. True it has been cannonized in some medical dictionaries but the Committee on Nomen clature will explain the difficulty they have restraining the publishers from printing anything that might help sales. Periclasia makes a hollow pretense but has its roots in nothingness. So on to the end. The Journal desires above everything to speak the findings of the profession and give to the world its pronouncements but it desires to conform to a standard that reflects credit upon its own pages and the profession. As the official mouthpiece of our national organization it wishes to present dentistry to the world with dignity and respect and in the future will employ such terms as those approved by our own commission on nomenclature.
THE SALE OF THE RELIEF FUND SEALS. Ten thousand dentists and others have nobly responded to the appeal for the succor of our indigent members thru the sale of the Relief Fund Christmas Stamps. There are many who, thru neglect, oversight or otherwise, have not contributed to this worthy cause. If you have not already sent in your check, kindly do so immediately as it will save time and expense in writing you a personal letter.
T H E JO U RN AL OF TH E N A TION AL D EN TA L ASSOCIATION.
place the profession where it deserves to be, it should be guarded against the charlatanism of those who would prate of themselves under titled forms or describe themselves in academic terms that taken seriously are pathetic but which we believe are looked upon generally with amuse ment. For instance we have in our midst an academy which is entirely devoid of academicians. We are inclined to marvel at the assumption. Should such a thing be mentioned where the well-nigh sacred lineage of the term is appreciated we wonder what the reaction would be. The profession can ill afford recognition to such a thing. Also there is the tendency to the display of newly made, badly made entirely unnecessary terms, terms that seem to be constructed and used entirely for their sound. Neither size or sound is deemed a rhetorical asset necessarily. Doubly true is it when a simple form is entirely adequate. There is no need for the supplanation of the effective, ac cepted term by some monstrosity in verbal concoction. Thus ever and anon we see periclasia, periodontoclasia, apioectomy, most recent of all pediadontia, and kindred forms. The whole assortment savers of glass diamond effects; it reminds one of the oratory heard in the colored chapel of days gone by. Big words have always been the playthings of the illiterate. Extraction is always better than exodontia; resection is honored in surgery and is adequate to dental needs. Apioectomy is an atrocity than which apicoectomy is slightly better. True it has been cannonized in some medical dictionaries but the Committee on Nomen clature will explain the difficulty they have restraining the publishers from printing anything that might help sales. Periclasia makes a hollow pretense but has its roots in nothingness. So on to the end. The Journal desires above everything to speak the findings of the profession and give to the world its pronouncements but it desires to conform to a standard that reflects credit upon its own pages and the profession. As the official mouthpiece of our national organization it wishes to present dentistry to the world with dignity and respect and in the future will employ such terms as those approved by our own commission on nomenclature.
THE SALE OF THE RELIEF FUND SEALS. Ten thousand dentists and others have nobly responded to the appeal for the succor of our indigent members thru the sale of the Relief Fund Christmas Stamps. There are many who, thru neglect, oversight or otherwise, have not contributed to this worthy cause. If you have not already sent in your check, kindly do so immediately as it will save time and expense in writing you a personal letter.