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By William S. Fields and Murdina M. Desmond. Price, $17. Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 321-327 E. Lawrence Ave., Springfield, Ill., 1961.

Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D., Reviewer

Arch Neurol. 1963;8(3):346.

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This volume is the sixth in a series of published symposia of The Houston Neurological Society presented at its Eighth Annual Scientific Meeting (March, 1960) in The Texas Medical Center.

The book represents a veritable compendium of facts gathered together by the 22 neurologists and neuropathologists who participated in this conference. It is divided into two major sections: "Pre- and Perinatal Factors in Neurologic Disease" and "Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hydrocephalus." The first part presents data, much of it recently reported in the literature, not only about abnormal embryology and genetics as they pertain to the central nervous system, but also a presentation of the normal development and bases of inheritance in the light of modern experimental neurology. Perhaps the most significant and important parts are those that represent a reevaluation and reinterpretation of accepted theories of malformation in light of recent experimental and empirical teratology. Of especial interest were . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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