Table of Contents

1 History Taking and Physical Examination.- 2 The Pupils and Their Reactions.- 3 Vision, the Visual Fields and the Olfactory Nerve.- 4 Examination of the Optic Fundus.- 5 The Third, Fourth and Sixth Cranial Nerves.- 6 The Cerebellopontine Angle and Jugular Foramen.- 7 Conjugate Eye Movements and Nystagmus.- 8 The Cerebral Hemispheres: the Lobes of the Brain.- 9 The Cerebral Hemispheres: Vascular Diseases.- 10 The Cerebral Hemispheres: Disorders of the Limbic System and Hypothalamus.- 11 The Brain Stem.- 12 The Extrapyramidal System and the Cerebellum.- 13 The Anatomy, Physiology and Clinical Features of Spinal Cord Disease.- 14 Metabolic Infective and Vascular Disorders of the Spinal Cord.- 15 The Spinal Cord in Relation to the Vertebral Column.- 16 Diagnosis of Cervical Root and Peripheral Nerve Lesions Affecting the Arm.- 17 Nerve Root and Peripheral Nerve Lesions Affecting the Leg.- 18 Diseases of Muscle and the Muscle End-Plate.- 19 Peripheral Neuropathy and Diseases of the Lower Motor Neuron.- 20 Headache.- 21 Facial Pain.- 22 Attacks of Altered Consciousness.- 23 Trauma and the Nervous System.- 24 Neurological Complications of Systemic Disorders.- Suggestions for Further Reading and Study.

Reviews

"...what makes this book interesting is the extremely sober and concise style in which its subject is presented...This book is excellently structured and its descriptions are clear and informative...can be recommended without reservations, primarily to neurologists, but also, and with the same conviction, to neurosurgeons." Neurosurgical Review