Calcium Metabolism and Neurology

of many other organs and tissues of the body, of which the nervous system is a notable example, producing diverse clinical manifestations. This discussion is concerned with the more metabolic aspects of the subject (in particular with hypocalcaemia, hypercalcaemia and vitamin-D deficiency) and will not consider the local neurological consequences of skeletal deformity, which may produce serious, and sometimes widespread, neurological symptoms and signs by direct compression.