In the diagnosis of functional weakness and sensory disturbance, positive physical signs are as important as absence of signs of disease. Motor signs, particularly Hoover’s sign, are more reliable than sensory signs, but none should be used in isolation and must be interpreted in the overall context of the presentation. It should be borne in mind that a patient may have both a functional and an...

MEDICAL HYPNOSIS. Vol. I. The Principles of Hypotherapy. xi + 449 pp. $5.50. Vol. II. The Practice of Hypnotherapy. x + 513 pp. $6.50. By Lewis R. Wolberg. Grune & Stratton, New York, 1948. This text presents an orientation to modern dynamic psychotherapy as an integral part of its discussion of hypnosis. It assumes that hypnosis as a medical tool will be employed only by psychologically traine...

has been placed by the Press, the Bar, and the Magistracy. The necessity for adopting the precision which characterises modern medicine is illustrated by observing what now occurs in the dealings of an alienist in a court of law, where there is no longer any discussion as to where reason ends and insanity begins, where philosophical subtleties are dispensed with; where psychology is ignored, an...

the examination of a patient. A very few minutes will enable the experienced to decide whether a candidate knows his clinical work or not. This book, which is on much the same lines as Legars' more ambitious work, is an epitome of a course of demonstrations on physical signs delivered to students, and it should not only be helpful to them but to junior teachers also. Some general physical signs...

The number of coloured illustrations in this edition has increased to the enhanced usefulness of the book. Its slimness is welcome, for the beauty of this book lies in the fact that it gives the surgeon the meat of the classics on diagnosis in easily assimilable form. One is tempted to describe the accessibility of the contents in terms appropriate to these days of quick lunch counters and air ...

Dizziness and vertigo are some of the more frequently encountered symptoms in neurology clinics. In turn, one of the most common causes of vertigo is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), accounting for a quarter of all patients with dizziness and vertigo. Reviewing the value of the positional manoeuvres available is relevant, particularly in the light of the efficient treatments availab...