According to the author, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, this book about epilepsy and migraine has been twenty years 'astewing' and his conclusion is that 'the solution of the problem of epilepsy, like the development of the telegraph and television, of Nylon stockings and of synthetic rubber tires, depends on research-minded men and on money'.

Lest these somewhat alarming comparisons prejudice the reader, it should be stated that the author, despite his obvious limitations