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Julian Love, MD
Arcadia, Calif

JAMA. 1975;234(4):382.

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To the Editor.—

Recently, I attended the convention of the American College of Physicians and heard some presentations concerning the B- and T-lymphocytes.

Possibly because I do not possess the same degree of auditory acuity that I had previously, or more likely because of the inadequacies of the speaking system and acoustics in lecture halls, I was unable to determine whether the speaker said "T" or "B." Therefore, may I suggest that these two lymphocytes be renamed as "beta" or "tau." Perhaps in written communications that won't be necessary, but in oral presentations I think it would help, as I do not think that I am the only one sometimes unable to distinguish "B" and "T" as they come over the microphone. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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