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This is the fourth edition of a work authored in the first three editions by Dr. Eric Strauss in collaboration with Dr. W. Russell Brain. The first of the series appeared in 1929 and the succeeding three revisions have kept it thoroughly modernized.
The present publication edited by Dr. W. Russell Brain reveals the subject matter to be largely rewritten. Much new material representing the most recent progress in the field of neurology is
incorporated for the first time which, of course, constitutes the value of a work of this type.
New subjects discussed for the first time include a review of the research on the two aspects of frontal lobe function, the vitamin deficiencies in relation to nervous disorders, and a chapter on electroencephalography. The reports of studies on the use of prostigmin in myasthenia gravis, and on the chemistry of the muscular dystrophies and muscular disorders associated with thyroid disease are reviewed. An analysis is made of the present views in relation to the use of sulphanilamide in the treatment of meningitis, and there is also an interesting review of the recent advances in the understanding of the pathogenesis and treatment of headache.
As a reference book this work is an excellent addition to the library, as have been its predecessors. It is a concise and very readable review of the recent advances in the field of neurology.