TRAUMATIC NEURASTHENIA

to date and open up new and interesting views. In the thalamus the new work of Le Gros Clark and Earl Walker is incorporated. The functions of the basal ganglia are evidently now being rapidly elucidated, and even the outlook on the cerebellum seems to be less depressing than has latterly been the case. The book is essentially academic in its outlook rather than clinical, and should make a landmark in the literature of neurology. There is a comprehensive bibliography of 1;361 references, with titles, and subject and author indexes. It is to be regretted that the subject index is rather scrappy and irregular, as this gives a very poor idea of the very extensive contents of the book.