Marco Mumenthaler - Fundamentals of Neurology: An Illustrated Guide

An Illustrated Guide

Mark Mumenthaler, M.D.

Professor Emeritus of Neurology
Former Head of the Department
of Neurology
Berne University
Inselspital Berne
Switzerland

Heinrich Mattle, M.D.

Professor of Neurology
Berne University
Inselspital Berne
Switzerland

Translated and adapted by Ethan Taub, M.D.

396 illustrations

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mumenthaler, Marco, 1925

[Grundkurs Neurologie. English]
Neurology : an illustrated guide / Mark Mumenthaler,
Heinrich Mattle ; translated by Ethan Taub.

p. ; cm.

Includes index.

Revised translation of the German edition... Grundkurs Neurologie. Illustriertes Basiswissen fr das Studium - T.p. verso.

ISBN 1-58890-450-4 (GTV : alk. paper)
ISBN 3-13-136451-3 (TNY : alk. paper)
1. NeurologyOutlines, syllabi, etc. I. Mattle, Heinrich.

II. Title. [DNLM: 1. Nervous System DiseasesHandbooks.
WL 39 M962g 2006a]
RC357.M8613 2006
616.8dc22 2005032828

This book is an authorized and revised translation of the German edition published and copyrighted 2002 by Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany. Title of the German edition: Grundkurs Neurologie. Illustriertes Basiswissen fr das Studium

Translator: Ethan Taub, M.D., Klinik im Park, Zurich, Switzerland

Illustrators: Malgorzata and Piotr Gusta,
Champigny sur Marne, France

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This book is dedicated to all young people
who have chosen to care for the sick.
Kindness has no borders.

This textbook of neurology, a translation and revision of the original book in German, was written for students of medicine. Persons starting their careers in the other health professions may also find it useful.

We the authors are two Swiss academic neurologists with our own narrow subspecialties in the broad field of neurology. In writing this book, we have set our personal interests aside, presenting in detail only what seemed to us to be most important for the student. The book begins with a brief review of fundamentals, then deals with the syndromes affecting each major component of the nervous system. It also includes chapters on the clinical neurological examination and on common ancillary tests, with explanations of their underlying principles.