QUOD VIDE

Somebody asks the meaning of the abbreviations q.v., which often occur in the Index of Mrs. Eddy's Science and Health. They stand for the two Latin words, quod vide, or which see. For instance: Under the head Immortality you find, after the word mortality, the initials (q.v.), or which see, to signify that, under the general heading of Mortality, you will find more references, also bearing upon the subject of Immortality. "Great First Cause (q.v.) means that by looking at Cause you will find more about Great First Cause. In other words, q.v., after a word, is a further reference to that word, where it occurs as a separate heading in the Index. "Mind-pictures (q.v.) means, See also Pictures." Mortal Sense (q.v.)" means, See also Sense. These two letters (q.v.) avoid the repetition of thousands of references, and thus save both time and space. When the desired word does not appear among the references, so that it can be utilized with (q.v.) then at the end of the subject you find "See God," "See Tree," "See Divine;" for these references accomplish the same object.