Edited by Peter J Koehler, George W Bruyn, and John M S Pearce (Pp 386, £39.50). Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 2000. ISBN 0-19-513366-8

• neurological diseases

I enjoyed this book. It is one to delve into rather than to read formally. It appears to have had a rather long gestation since the introduction is dated September 1999. The book is separated into five sections though at times the inclusion of a particular chapter in a particular section seems somewhat arbitrary. The editors have aimed for a uniformity of approach in which a brief historical survey is followed …