Clinical Neuroanatomy for Medical Students

Abstract

Many authors have attempted to produce a textbook of clinical neuroanatomy that would successfully compete with "M.A.S.H." for entertainment and educational value. The subject matter invariably strikes terror in the hearts of most medical students, but hardly lends itself to the narrative style of Hemingway, or perhaps more appropriately, to that of Harry Lee Parker in his delightful<i>Clinical Studies in Neurology</i>. The intricacies and intrinsic beauty of clinical neuroanatomy are much more likely to appeal to the experienced clinical neurologist than to the embryonic family physician. Nevertheless, Dr Snell has made a valiant, although not quite successful attempt at rendering neuroanatomy more palatable. The organization of the book follows the classical lines laid down many years ago by teachers of neuroanatomy for reasons that have always been somewhat difficult to understand by a clinician who must apply this knowledge to the patients' problems: The author would have rendered a