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Brain, Vol. 124, No. 2, 444-445, February 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press

Book reviews

INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL NEUROLOGY.

2nd edition. By Douglas J. Gelb. 2000. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. Price £22.50. Pp. 416. ISBN 0-7506-7202-1.

Dr Geraint Fuller

Department of Neurology, Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK

Neurology has long been perceived by medical students as being a difficult subject. As many neurologists enjoy teaching, it is unsurprising that quite a number have written short text books to help introduce students to neurology. Initially there were only a few such titles, e.g. an earlier Introduction to Clinical Neurology by Gordon Holmes, first published in 1946, or Neurology Simplified by David Lafia from 1960. However, there is now a profusion of such books aimed at the neurologically naive, many with titles including catchy phrases such as `essential. . . ', `lecture notes in. . . ', `key topics', `colour illustrated', or `made easy' to encourage the beginner. Indeed, I must declare a conflict of interest as an author of some such books.

In common with many of these introductory books, Dr Gelb's stated objective is to provide a systematic approach to neurological . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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