The Writing of Medical Papers (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1922 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XX QUOTED MATERIAL, INDEX, AND COPYRIGHT If you fail to find anything you want in your library, the chances are a hundred to one that you fail, not because what you seek is not there, but because you do not understand the apparatus that has been made ready to your hand for that purpose.--Utter. Complete reference should be given for quoted matter, and the quotations should be exact. If copyrighted matter is used, except in brief quotations, consent to publish it should be obtained. Expressed in untechnical language, infringement may be described as copying, in whole or in part, the copyrighted work of another with intent to evade the law. And this applies not only to the complete work but to any part of it--just how large or how small a portion has never yet been denned with any satisfactory exactness.... It can therefore be regarded as the well settled rule that if any considerable passage of a copyrighted work is to be made use of in a new work, the consent of the owner of the copyright must first be obtained.14 The making of an index is a craft in itself. Usually the author does not find it desirable to learn this craft, and arranges to have the index made by someone who understands this work. The author may assist the indexer by providing a title that is a clear index of the contents of the article, by grouping material in orderly sequence, and by dividing it with main headings and subheadings. An index, unlike the book itself, can scarcely be too prolix or liberal. The index, unlike the text, is not read. It is referred to, and only those "catch-words" actually needed are read at any one time. Hence every word which will aid in directing the reader to the subject he seeks should appear in the index. To determine what are such words, the compile...