Like the previous editions of this textbook, the fifth remains one of the simplest, most compact and clear-cut expositions of neurology. It is written clearly and concisely and is well illustrated. The topical arrangement is an especially careful one, making it most useful for reference. The interesting chapters on the history of neurology and on the neuroses have been retained. In a textbook of neurology the neuroses cannot be adequately covered but the treatment of this subject from the psychoanalytic point of view is the same as in previous editions.

The chapters on sulphochemotherapy of meningitis, headaches, electroencephalography and the autonomic nervous system are important additions. There are other major and minor changes. A little more space could have been devoted to the autonomic nervous system, especially to the hypothalamus, so thoroughly investigated recently. Although Wechsler mentions the function of