Aids to Neurology
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Dr. Pritchard's Aids to Neurology is a handy book on the diseases of the nervous system, intended for the use of students in the early years of their clinical training. The book comprises five chapters, a preliminary one being devoted to anatomical and physiological considerations of different parts of the nervous system and a description of symptoms arising out of regional disturbances of this system. The other chapters include the peripheral nervous system, the spinal cord, the brain and the autonomic nervous system. The subject-matter has been clearly dealt with, without any unnecessary detail as to the various theories embracing it, and is thus eminently suitable for the students for whom it is intended. There are
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