One of the most important and defining aspects of a book is that its content is fixed between its pages. That does something to the mind: it makes goal-setting possible, making it possible to conceive of mastering a particular subject as defined by a particular book’s contents. This is particularly useful in a relatively slowly changing field such as clinical neuroanatomy.
As most readers would undoubtedly surmise, human neuroanatomy hasn’t changes much between 2004 an 2010. As such, much, if not most, of the current book is identical to the previous edition, which I recommended highly in a previous blog post.
There are several areas in which management has changed, however, and the 2010 edition of Neurology and Neurosurgery Illustrated by Kenneth W. Lindsay, Ian Bone, and Geraint Fuller is updated to reflect that. For example, the book (p. 262) now recommends IV tPA for ischemic strokes, rather than streptokinase.
The book still remains one of the best for those who want to acquire an in-depth understanding of the anatomical relationships that form the basis of various neurological syndromes.
Therefore, I still recommend this book very highly as a comprehensive visuospatial approach to neurology.
Hat tip: thank you to the diligent librarians at York Hospital’s Philip A. Hoover, M.D. Library for acquiring the updated edition of this book.
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