Aux origines du cerveau moderne: localisations, langage et mémoire dans l'oeuvre de Charcot

the relevant literature on medical history at that time; his name did not even appear. In their detailed description of how the fundamentals of modem haematology developed, Herbert Neumann (who is not related to Ernst Neumann) and Yvonne Klinger deal primarily with this remarkable omission. Moreover, their book sensitively reflects the historical development of the successive gain in knowledge of haematology through experimentation and the outstanding capabilities of new, aspiring generations of scientists intelligently to use and develop these new findings from the second half of the nineteenth century to the 1980s. Herbert A Neumann, Professor of Internal Medicine and Haematology at the Elisabeth Hospital in Bochum, and Yvonne Klinger, who is a medical historian, have written a fascinating book about the fundamentals of modem haematology. Only by closely connecting special and experimental knowledge with past events was it possible to write this unique book. It is in most points intelligible and, with the exception of Chapter 12 entitled 'Zellkulturverfahren', in which, understandably, the authors cannot conceal their fascination with science, it does not require any specialized knowledge. Even though the text is wellfounded and intensely absorbing, the publishers, regrettably, thought it necessary to draw attention to the book by binding it in inappropriate and loud covers which do not fit its overall character. A very instructive book which Goethe's maxim fully applies: "We actually only learn from books which we cannot judge. The author of a book which we might be able to judge would have to learn from us." Thus, a reviewer's task is certainly very limited.