, 1870-08-06
AMERICAN PATHOLOGICAL AsSO~
GIATION.

AHe meeting Mt Rochester.
To ne Editor af Ta< Chicago Tribune
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..sa e. aseeea " 'he oec1e1Asy o1 Inc
ABOVE ASSOCIATION, to furnish Tor publication
IN our home papers some items OF general i1-
terest, have selected such IA seemed to me-
fitting. and forward than, II, ,,n11;r,t,o,
~, H. 49, s,a.,.s- -. .sa pSoA~@N
o1oe9eo ol "e'eo"e, ftrt. whitney, OF aue'
gave very interesting addresu on tho eubiect
Of philology.
The exercises On Wednesdar conststsd Of
\ paper by Professor Had,eT. nntho1 Of I'M
Cresk ar.,,,.ts ~, .sn-a.s. I..oa....t;.. = T.e
N'1H4sa-..' ..'oA o,eeA aceeu'uA1aon: !ne
"no'e s"'Jee1 was explained, not G ca0sedra,
word having a sufficient number
Of gyIlables ends in r.o,,1,,
s.a.nsa a sans;s.;a snus )" regular
esnenee consisting OF three tones,
tne nis1 msn sone. then middle tone, iol-
eoce Of middle tona tbe anthnr wan mt ran
nos;ti,e. Int e,ve n,anr nro,f. -, t. ho,i
Inn, tia nnc;ent nnthnrs .,,a 1ro,, ~ -, %
fereo from the Greek onir in ,h;s thst tha
middle tone waa lopc,
ia the very intetestine d;scnss,o, y.,irt fo,-
| loved, rrofessor Hadlev sisted that. In Ills
own practjcc. be recom11eniiaI IN .tudanta. a.
though be did not very strenuouslv reHnlre it.
] that they observe the written accent il Tead-
| ing prose, bu, the Thythnac sceent IL poetry.
| HE next paper waa from Professor WlItnev
On "sarnskril Accent" There are two ac-
cents, the high and the low. indicated bv
names ,hAt mean elevated nnd nonelevatei,
md third formed By tho union Of these swo.
The use Of the circufntie1 is, however, more
circnnscsibed than in Greek, being connned
otber two. Hindoo szammarians do not Say
thst there Is middle tone, Lut that il the
syllable succeeding the high tone the voice de.
| tcen1e to the level OF the aucceeding one.
Prof, Goodwin, Of HArvnr1, presented an able
paper on the Greek double negative, or .ne,
in which be contcnded that the suhjunctive
ampiea drawn directly from the Original man
uscEipta
The claims and s0n1e Of tho peculiarities oi
Indian phi1o}ogy vere ably set forth BY Tor
ter c, 1l1ss, recently appointed Secretary o.
Legation to Mexico, and Hon J. Il. Trumbun
Of Hartford. Professor kendtlck maintaiue>
10 tie perfect. and should lot bo 90 translat
Cd, s1esPt IN certain eaees where such nss i
is both present and IN aorisst, being used t.
er1,ress n, sctim "A cor,n]eted indefinitelr 4
to time, Or A. gong on Il the time Of som
other sctieu. In the former Case It is tttipgl
translated b. the Gfeek aoriet ps5ticiple. 9
ED.
!: The present ps1,icipie. There was d peenHs
fouduess to tho Greeks for the Aoril
= form Of cxpsession from its inaefniteness III
: great fe1ibjlity aud beauty.
!. EDr. IcCartce, for twenty.soyen year
a : 1uizeiopary In CEina, gxvc vel
interesting paper on 'sChineaa Dialects
i, Mme tl,8}ects admit Of ttnman;zatio,
y which t;mplifles them to foreign,
!. yery much. There is, IN the written .anguag
: separate character for every word, which, 4
y though pronounced differently in the liffascl
+ aiaicu!ty hs ALL The Doctors paper drew OF
}. utny oi,cstionr, winch be answered prompt
!. apl satisfactorily.
The subject of tho Origin Of La
a euaso was considered in a pap.
b hr Professor Whitney, Nc thought Il
n nueptioa one for purely scientific inrestig
= | t.nn. II ia scttlea thak words vera oricinsi
!. more syllable, = worrl Of two or more syllable
being made up by tho eynthesis Of sepaEa
words. The prevailing opiui n is that wor,
n soo eion. '''''' &'' ''''A1''>' '1$''@ ~ '
!. The general opinion is that words prece'
y jiitae, although this 1eEelses tho natu1
5, order.
II IrofesHor Cotton, Of Yalo p1eparato
Al SCHOOL, New York, brought forward Tho an
L. tect Of Latin pronunciation. asLiup for inf
A. mat;nn. ana crestinr 1iAirn}ties in "a m
~ nnt tl.c vote Of List ycar ndopt;nr the C.
Ct tinental method.
~ Professor Goodwin eail that. during
1s rasrs Ia 1,evar rcrnc.n1crea Tho t;me when /
Enel;si, method Of prpnouacine Greck was
se 11pe Some time aeo The question OF atloptj
Ec liza mndetn Greek metho3 camo nm. and Is
ve .o- ~ Te1to,, .,.hs- T.ro-ad ti,o rE,n-o +
he tt,a tr.tter Ma sctilet1 hr cornnrasnise.