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Brain, Vol. 124, No. 7, 1468-1469, July 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press

Book reviews

THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF TASTE AND SMELL. 2nd edition.

Edited by Thomas E. Finger, Diego Restrepo and Wayne L. Silver. 2000. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons Price £71.50. Pp. 432. ISBN 0-47125-721-5.

Christopher Hawkes

Essex Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Oldchurch Hospital, Romford, UK

One day clinical neurologists will wake up to the fact that within the special senses of smell and taste lays an ocean of undiscovered information much of which will be relevant to our understanding of common neurological illness, especially of the degenerative variety. Inevitably the majority of writing on smell and taste is in the non-human domain and this book is no exception. Of the 24 contributors, I would estimate only a handful see patients, so should a clinician read this book? Unquestionably yes.

There is a very readable and authoritative chapter on human olfaction by Nancy Rawson. She deals with . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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