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THE names of public characters should be chosen circumspectly. To christen the antiscorbutic agent (granted, that we at last have it in hand) ascorbic acid is to do it slight justice—even to rob it of the public appreciation it deserves. The name,. in fact, is a scurvy one : neither has it obvious significance nor can it well be transposed into either French or German ; in no tongue will it have lilt.
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ARMSTRONG, H. Caution in Christening. Nature 131, 330 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131330c0
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