Neurology

This is an excellent book on neurology written by an author who has devoted his whole attention to the study of the diseases of the nervous system in one of the important institutions in America. That this volume has passed through a second edition within a short period of three years is enough evidence to prove its usefulness to the medical profession. Errors and omissions are fully rectified and all modern and up-todate knowledge incorporated, the author has succeeded in bringing the book to a high standard. ' The writer has devoted nearly a hundred pages to the consideration of the anatomy, physiology and embryology of the nervous system, specially in so far as .it is necessary for the study of the pathology and symptomatology of nervous diseases. A considerable amount of space has also been used to discuss the general pathological reactions occurring in the nervous system and also the methods of neurological examinations. This has been done in a masterly way agdj will be very useful to students and practitioners. Tjb^ treatment of the vegetative nervous system and its disease processes is also to be praised. The chapter on intracranial tumour is very comprehensive and the pathological study of these new growths has been undertaken in a manner which leaves hardly anything