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Current Understanding Of Neurological Disease Has Been Evolving Over The Past 150 Years. With The Increasing And Earlier Sub-specialization Of Neurology Trainees, And Their Variable Exposure To Higher Academic Study, There Is Little Opportunity To Put This Development Into A Historical Context As A Whole. Understanding The 'evidence-base', Or Appreciating The Lack Of It In Some Cases, Is An Important Part Of Training But This Is Rarely Presented In A Palatable, Entertaining Form. Part Of The Landmark Papers In Series, This Book Brings Together The Ten Most Important Papers For Each Sub-speciality Has Developed. Cover; Contents; Contributors; 1 Technical Advances In Neuroscience; Martin R. Turner, Matthew C. Kiernan, And Kevin Talbot; 2 Coma; Jennifer Fugate And Eelco Wijdicks; 3 Headache; Peter J. Goadsby; 4 Functional Neurological Symptoms; Alan Carson And Jon Stone; 5 Stroke; Charles Warlow And Jan Van Gijn; 6 Epilepsy; Gregory L. Holmes; 7 Ataxias; Elsdon Storey; 8 Parkinson's Disease; A.j. Lees; 9 Motor Neurone Disease; Andrew Eisen; 10 Dementia; James R. Burrell And John R. Hodges; 11 Mitochondrial Diseases; Gráinne S. Gorman And Patrick F. Chinnery; 12 Myology; Michael Swash. 13 Peripheral Neuropathydavid R. Cornblath And Richard A.c. Hughes; 14 Neuromuscular Junction Disorders; Satoshi Kuwabara; 15 Neuroimmunology; Angela Vincent; 16 Multiple Sclerosis; Alasdair Coles And Alastair Compston; Index. Edited By Martin R. Turner, Matthew C. Kiernan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.