This book, by a neurosurgeon, contains a large amount of
concentrated factual information clearly presented and well
illustrated. One-fourth of its pages is devoted to the
embryology, anatomy, and physiology of the intracranial
circulation. The remainder covers, systematically, the clinical
varieties of cerebral vascular disease, including the vascular
accidents of various origins, aneurysms and vascular tumors,
venous sinus disease, hypertensive encephalopathy, inflammatory
and collagenous diseases, blood dyscrasias, and a discussion of
headache. The chapters on differential diagnosis of the acute
cerebral vascular accident, on cerebral thrombosis, on
subarachnoid hemorrhage, and on the general management of the
patient are particularly commendable. There is a brief
discussion of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, the latter
involving surgical procedures of interest largely to the
neurosurgeon. The author has produced a good synopsis, with a
reasonable balance between basic knowledge, clinical findings,