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edited by James F Toole, 226 pp, 78 illus, $7.50, Philadelphia, FA Davis Co, 1969.

Simon Horenstein, MD, Reviewer
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland

JAMA. 1970;211(7):1191.

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This volume is the third in a series designed to present scientific developments of clinical importance to the "neurological practitioner and general scholar." Comprised of ten chapters of varied profundity, sophistication, and clinical utility, the book covers clinical interview, neuro-ophthalmologic examination, cerebrospinal fluid, brain biopsy, echoencephalography, and several roentgenographic topics. Nearly two thirds the book is devoted to the latter two.

Janeway's description of aortocranial angiography provides lucid and complete instructions for those interested in undertaking this procedure. It might have emphasized some of the medical conditions necessary to assure the patient's safety (eg, the integrity of the clotting mechanism). The review of cerebral isotope scanning by Maynard and Janeway is informative and comprehensive.

A rather general chapter devoted to ordering x-ray films can hardly be regarded as directed to the neurological practitioner. It might have been more useful had clinical examples been cited and illustrative "flow sheets" designed to . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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