XIV.-NOTES ON ENGLISH ETYMOLOGY

Notes on Some Remedies. XIV. Drugs in Syphilis (Contd.)

The modern treatment of syphilis by arsenic, bismuth and penicillin is followed by very favourable results, provided that it is commenced in the early stage and maintained regularly. Any delay renders cure less likely. It is, therefore, of the utmost importance to establish the diagnosis before the patient becomes Wassermann positive, and this can only be done with certainty by finding Treponem...

Notes on French and English Demonstratives

English sentences such as: (1) John appreciates that book. (2) John appreciates this book. can both be translated into French as: (3) Jean apprécie ce livre. (‘Jean appreciates ce book’) so that ce seems neutral between that and this. To express the English distinction, French adds -là or ci: (4) Jean apprécie ce livre-là. (‘Jean appreciates ce book-there’) (5) Jean apprécie ce livre-ci. (‘Jean...

Medical Etymology

Etymology, history, and artifacts

Elliptic really does have a connection with literal geometric ellipses, removed by a few steps. Integrals expressing arc length of ellipses are less elementary than integrals for inverse trigonometric functions, and were named elliptic because of this. Abel and Jacobi discovered in 1827 that the inverse functions are doubly periodic (explained below). This chain of events caused these functions...

Rule-based cleanup of on-line English ink notes

Recently, many pen-based devices have enabled people to input digital ink naturally. Often, there is smear and correction when writing. This not only makes the document dirty and look unpleasant, but also affects the handwriting recognition when recognition is called for. As the first paper to address the ink cleanup problem, we present our ink cleanup system that removes the smear and correcti...