Neurological Surgery

The author, a distinguished specialist in the line, has written the book to remove these difficulties and presented the fundamentals of neuro-anatomy and physiology and such details of various pathological conditions, which are usually met with, in an interesting and readable form which is sure to be appreciated by all practitioners. We have little doubt that the perusal of the book will enable one to face neurological cases with less efforts but greater confidence, and to treat or advise with better precision. With a brief but fairly comprehensive outline of basic ?anatomical and physiological essentials for diagnosis in the first chapter, the commoner pathological conditions have been treated on a regional basis, in the succeeding chapters. Though primarily meant for attending doctors only, many surgical operations minus technical details have been aptly incorporated; this, we believe, has added to the merit of the book, in so far aa it will enable practitioners to estimate the seriousness or otherwise of a particular operation to be advised. Chapters X and XI are devoted to fairly detailed discussions on modern conceptions of anatomy of the autonomic nervous system and the anatomy and physiology of pain. Not only have various operations performed on this section of the nervous system for the relief _ of visceral pain been discussed but, what is more, their limitations have been pointed out, to enable one to advise correctly his patient whether or not a