By M Victor and A H Ropper (Pp 547, US$39.95). Published by McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, 2002. ISBN 0-07-137351-9

• neurology

Nearly 20 years ago I used books to learn my neurology in three stages. First was an introductory reading of the late Bryan Matthews’ Practical neurology, then a couple of years’ strap-hanging on the tube to learn the facts by reading the second edition of Adams and Victor’s large Principles of neurology, then back to Matthews for a dose of intuition. When I picked up this little manual of neurology nearly two decades later, I immediately recognised …