Abstract
The new, third edition of this classic is almost 100 pages longer than the previous one and represents what one could well call a textbook of diseases of the brain (as opposed to the rest of the nervous system). Such a title might be more appropriate. The authors must have found it extremely difficult to resist the temptation to achieve an exhaustive review of all conditions, even some of the most exotic and unusual, that may, on rare occasion, lead to stupor or coma. This successful endeavor to be comprehensive carries an inherent danger: it might frighten the physicians most likely to benefit from the book's frequent perusal, such as house officers, family practitioners, and emergency room physicians who will unquestionably and understandably be most concerned with the "how-to" portions of the volume, particularly since they are so clearly written and exquisitely instructive. The authors state that one of the
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