Sacks, Oliver An Anthropologist on Mars Seven Paradoxical Tales
London: Picador, 1995. Paperback. Near Fine/No Dustwrapper. 8vo 0330343475 A new perspective on the way our brain constructs our individual worlds. A clean crisp unmarked paperback illustrate with a block of photographs. (Book ref. 034660) £6.00
Belsh Jerry M. & Schiffman Philip L. (Eds.) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis : Diagnosis and Management for the Clinician
New York: Futura Publications Co. Inc., 1996. 1st. Pictorial Hard Cover. Fine/No Dustwrapper. 8vo 0879936282 A hardback edition in almost as new condition. (Book ref. 030163) £15.00
Brain, W. Russell and Strauss, E. B. Recent Advances in Neurology Second Edition
London: J. & A. Churchill, 1930. Second Edition. Cloth Covered Hardback. Very Good +/No Dustwrapper. 8vo A very tidy second edition with it's ribbon attached bookmark still attached. 429 pages + 16 pages of publisher's advertisements. (Book ref. 024607) £8.00
Pratt, R. T. C. The Genetics of Neurological Disorders
London New York Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1968. Hardback. Very Good ++/Very Good. 4to 0192641298 A tight and tidy 10 " by 6 3/4" hardback with an owner's name on the front endaper. The text is crisp and clean. The unclipped dustwrapper is very lightly soiled and has some rubbing of the edges, the top spine end having a supportive repair. (Book ref. 023596) £20.00
Symonds, Sir Charles. Studies in Neurology
London: Oxford University Press, 1970. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 4to. 344 pp. pencil inscription on fep, light uniform browning, very good in very good original yellow cloth gilt and edgeworn, chipped dustwrapper, spine scuffed, good. (Book ref. 20848) £15.00
Vinken, P. J. & Bruyn, G. W. Handbook of Clinical Neurology Vol. 5 Headachjes and Cranial Neuralgias
John Wiley & Sons, 1968 Fine copy, lacks d.w. This is a HEAVY BOOK, Postage to U.S.A.; will be air, £21.00 Surface £13.00. Bear this in mind when ordering! (Book ref. 100218) £20.00
Jones, Ernest. Edited/abridged by Lioning Trilling and Steven Marcus. The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud.
London. Readers Union / Hogarth Press. "...a small edition published by R.U....by arrangement....Hogarth Press". 1963. Hardback. Large 8vo. Pp.,xxvi,541. Photo plates. Publishers brown cloth, gilt. Top edge brown. End papers light brown. Clean and bright throughout. Light stain to part of top edge, (probably light damp or spillage, but with no significant penetration to pages). Book in VG condition, with no signs of use and no inscriptions. Unclipped D.w. with small repair on lower edge, and VG. Heavy item, and may require extra postage outside of the UK. We specialise in Scholarly Books.. . . **. Business and shop Est. 1970. (Book ref. 8983) £16.65
Davidoff, Robert A. Migraine: Manifestations, Pathogenesis and Management
New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Second Edition. Hardcover. New/No Jacket, as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0195137051 Focuses on migraine's diverse variations, its pathophysiology, and its treatment. Authored by a clinician/scientist who himself suffers from migraine, the book's premise is that the clinical significance of migraine and its treatment are intelligible only if the physician understands the anatomical, physiological and pharmacological factors underlying both head pain and the other manifestations of migraine. This significantly expanded and thoroughly updated second edition combines a reasonable and practical approach to the clinical aspects of migraine, an assessment of the mechanisms of headache, and a review of management programmes for migraine. A book in the Contemporary Neurology Series. (Book ref. 038350) £17.99
Grey Walter, W. The Living Brain
London: Gerald Duckworth, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall B0000CII0N W. Grey Walter (February 19, 1910 - May 6, 1977) was a neurophysiologist and robotician. Walter was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1910. He was brought to England in 1915, and educated at Westminster School and afterwards in King's College, Cambridge, in 1931. He failed to obtain a research fellowship in Cambridge and so turned to doing basic and applied neurophysiological research in hospitals, in London, from 1935 to 1939 and then at the Burden Neurological Institute in Bristol, from 1939 to 1970. He also carried out research work in the United States, in the Soviet Union and in various other places in Europe. He married twice, and had two sons from his first marriage and one from the second. According to his eldest son, Nicolas Walter, "he was politically on the left, a communist fellow-traveller before the Second World War and an anarchist sympathiser after it." Throughout his life he was a pioneer in the field of cybernetics. In 1970 he was in a severe automobile accident and died seven years later on May 6, 1977 without fully recovering. As a young man Walter was greatly influenced by the work of the famous Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov. He visited the lab of Hans Berger, who invented the electroencephalograph, or EEG machine, for measuring electrical activity in the brain. Walter produced his own versions of Berger's machine with improved capabilities, which allowed it to detect a variety of brain wave types ranging from the high speed alpha waves to the slow delta waves observed during sleep. In the 1930s Walter made a number of discoveries using his EEG machines at Burden Neurological Institute in Bristol. He was the first to determine by triangulation the surface location of the strongest alpha waves within the occipital lobe (alpha waves originate from the thalamus deep within the brain). Walter demonstrated the use of delta waves to locate brain tumours or lesions responsible for epilepsy. He developed the first brain topography machine based on EEG, using on an array of spiral-scan CRTs connected to high-gain amplifiers. During the Second World War he worked on scanning radar technology and guided missiles, which may have influenced his subsequent alpha wave scanning hypothesis of brain activity. In the 1960s Walter also went on to discover the contingent negative variation (CNV) effect (or readiness potential) whereby a negative spike of electrical activity appears in the brain half a second prior to a person being consciously aware of movements that he is about to make. Intriguingly, this effect brings into question the very notion of consciousness or free will, and should be considered as part of a person's overall reaction time to events. Walter's experiments with stroboscopic light, described in The Living Brain, inspired the development of a Dream Machine by the artist Brion Gysin and technician Ian Sommerville. (Book ref. 038082) £25.00
Deutsch, Albert The Mentally Ill in America: A History of Their Care and Treatment from Colonial Times
New York: Columbia University Press, 1946. Third Printing. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall B002M5YNIG Ex-Library With an introduction by William A. White. (Book ref. 035923) £25.00
Jones, Maxwell Social Psychiatry: A Study of Therapeutic Communities
London: Tavistock Publications, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall B0000CICYG Ex-Library with a foreword by Professor Aubrey Lewis. (Book ref. 035001) £35.00
Robertson, Robert King The Treatment of the Backward Child
London: Methuen, 1950. Fifth Edition. Pamphlet. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall B0000CHNP8 Ex-Library Staples rusted. (Book ref. 034793) £25.00
Aldrich, Michael S. Sleep Medicine
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. New/No Jacket, as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0195129571 Provides an accurate concise information concerning the evaluation and the treatment of patients with sleep problems. Because management of sleep disorders requires an understanding of sleep itself, the first portion discribes aspects of normal sleep. The remainder of the book follows an approach based on the clinical method, in which the chief complaints (the symptoms and the signs) and the psychosocial and the medical background of the individual are used, in conjunction with an understanding of the neurobiological and psychological basis of sleep disorders, to formulate a clinical assessment. The results of polysomnographic studies and other laboratory tests supplement and redefine clinical information and assist with consideration of treatment options. Contains sections on the following; Normal Human Sleep, Neurobiology of Sleep, Breathing During Wakefulness and Sleep, Chronobiology, Ontogeny of Sleep, Dreams and Other Mental Activity During Sleep, Approach to the Patient, Sleepiness and Sleep Deprivation, Insomnia, Narcolepsy and Related Disorders, Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder, Chronobiologic Disorders, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, Central Sleep Apnea and Hypoventilation During Sleep, Parasomnias, Psychiatirc Disorders and Sleep. A book in the Contemporary Neurology Series. (Book ref. 034018) £25.00
Faraday, Ann Dream Power
London: Pan, 1973. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 0330237225 (Book ref. 032850) £4.00
Harold P. Adams, Vladimir C. Hachinski, John W. Norris Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease
New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. New/No Jacket, as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0195132890 Reviews much of the information now available on the management of ischemic stroke, considering stroke as a potentially life-threatening yet treatable disease. It includes sections on the epidemiology of stroke and its risk factors, as well as run the gamut in presenting clinical syndromes and common causes of stroke, focusing on how persons suspected of having a stroke should be clinically evaluated and tested. Sections that describe medical and surgical therapies complete the discussion. Part of the Contemporary Neurology Series. (Book ref. 032757) £11.95
Rosen, Ismond (editor) The Pathology and Treatment of Sexual Deviation
London: Oxford University Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0192632086 Includes case histories, bibliography and index. (Book ref. 032582) £35.00
Brew, Bruce James HIV Neurology
New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. New/No Jacket, as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0195133633 A clinical framework for the diagnosis and management of more than 70 potential neurological complications that may occur in the HIV infected patient with complications that have affected any part of the nervous system, namely brain, spinal cord, nerve or muscle. The complications discussed include those related to HIV itself, those related to other organisms to which the patient is susceptible because of depressed immunity and those resulting as a consequence of antiretroviral drugs. The neurological complications of HIV disease have changed since 1990. Not only have more opportunistic conditions been described but other complications arising from antiretroviral drugs such as lipodystrophy and accelerated atherosclerosis have become problematic. Moreover, the pattern of complications has altered. Diseases such as cerebral toxoplasmosis, AIDS dementia complex and primary central nervous system lymphoma are becoming uncommon to rare while peripheral neuropathy is becoming increasingly common. In line with these changes, there have been significant advances in the therapy of HIV disease in general and in neurological complications in particular. Author is Consultant Neurologist and Physician in the Department of Neurology and Center for Immunology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Australia. Part of the Contemporary Neurology Series. (Book ref. 032378) £9.99
Pauc, Dr. R.A. The Back Book: The Owner's Guide to Spinal Problems
Cheddar: Charles Skilton, 1987. First Edition. Cloth. New/No Jacket, as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 0284987336 (Book ref. 032116) £28.00
Yelding, David (Editor) Caring for Someone with AIDS
London: Consumer's Association with Hodder and Stoughton, 1990. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0340526785 Ex-Library A practical manual for those with the problem of caring for someone with AIDS. The book describes situations that carers and people with AIDS may face, and gives advice based on how others have met these challenges, backed up by a comprehensive directory of resources. The book is based on interviews with AIDS sufferers and carers and its various chapters have been written by people who have worked with them. It covers such matters as emotional support, home nursing, legal considerations, bereavement, counselling, housing, cash help and dealing with prejudice together with advice on how the carer should care for himself (or herself). Separate chapters look at the particular needs of drug users and of children with HIV infection. Each chapter lists relevant support services. (Book ref. 030339) £4.99
Graham, Lester Multiple Sclerosis: Self-help Guide to Its Management
London: Thorsons, 1987. Third Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0722515243 Ex-Library Explains what multiple sclerosis (MS) is and recommends the best self-help therapies available for its management. Based on the most current research data, this book provides advice on diet, food supplements, exercise, yoga and hyperbaric oxygen treatment. In addition, it addresses the mental and emotional factors of MS with clarity and sensistivity, covering topics such as fatigue, relationships, sexuality, pregnancy and childbirth. Included is the latest information on the therapeutic effects of evening primrose oil and the links between MS and mercury in fillings, food allergies and saturated fats. (Book ref. 030338) £4.00