Abstract
The discovery of new blood-group systems by British investigators has served to accentuate the problem of nomenclature of blood groups. A satisfactory scientific nomenclature is possible only when reliable and adequate information is available. For example, when the M-N types were discovered by Landsteiner and Levine, the following tentative designations for the types were adopted: M + N —, M + N + and M —N+. As soon as the mechanism of heredity of the M-N types was established, and the nonexistence of type M —N— was demon-
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