PREFACE. THIS book has been written for medical students and general practitioners. It makes no claim to be other than a carefully prepared text-book. The literature of neurology and psychiatry has been sifted by the authors, and such digest revised in the light of their own experience in practice and in teaching. They have attempted to present their facts clearly, directly, and with brevity, despite the difficulty of condensing two great subjects within the limits of a single volume. This is not the joint work of two writers, but each author-Dr. Church in Neurology, and Dr. Peterson in Psychiatry-has contributed to the making of a single volume what might have made a separate monograph; each is, therefore, solely responsible for the work in his own department. In placing the correlated sciences neurology and psychiatry under the same cover, the reader's convenience was considered. An unusual number of illustrations for each department (from the authors' own material, except when otherwise indicated) has been allowed by a generous publisher. Chapter I. The Cerebral Cortex-Localization Chapter II. Speech and the Cortex-Aphasia Chapter III. The Cerebral White Matter, Basal Ganglia, and Cerebellum Chapter VIII. Diseases of the Cerebral Veins and Sinuses. Chapter IX. Cerebritis, Encephalitis, and Abscess of the Brain DISEASES OF THE SPINAL MENINGES AND SPINAL NERVES. Chapter I. Spinal Meningitis and Spinal Meningeal Hemorrhage. |