NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE 3rd edn

Book reviewsanatomy.Then follow sections on the neuroradio- logical anatomy of the ventricular system, the sub- arachnoid space, and the arterial supply and venous drainage.The text is very readable, and, particularly in the two sections devoted to pneumographic and angiographic analysis, distinctly practical.In addi- tion to the main anatomical variants which might mislead the inexperienced, many other diagnostic pitfalls are noted.Contributions to the literature during the last 10 years, such as those of Ring and Waddington on the small branches of the middle cerebral artery, and Wolf and Huang on veins, have provided much new material, and there has been a 60% increase in size since the first edition.In spite of this, it is still a small book containing a remarkable amount of well illustrated information.The names of all the main structures appear in the 14 page index, and as a guide to his sources and to further reading the author provides a list of 265 references.In these days of ever earlier diagnosis, when radiological changes may be minimal, a thorough knowledge of the normal is essential to the practising neuro- radiologist, and this book should be read and digested by all students of the subject.