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Brain, Vol. 122, No. 11, 2197-2199, November 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press

Book reviews

A HISTORY OF NEUROSURGERY.

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B. A. Simpson

University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK

This excellent book typifies the very high standards set, and met, by the now quite extensive library published by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Although some repetition is inevitable in a large volume of this nature, with 36 contributors, skilful editing has produced not only a comprehensive reference book but also an entertaining read.

As the senior editor points out in the introductory chapter, the purposes of the book include `. . . entertainment (fun, in plain language), acquisition of apparently useful knowledge, and improved insight into how we got to be what we are, individually and collectively'. There is a strong sense of continuity in neurosurgery, and this is expressed elegantly and poignantly at the very beginning of the book in that the preface was written by Dr A. Earl Walker, one of the `greats' of modern neurosurgery, very shortly before his death. Dr Walker published a history . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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