Book Reviews

MARKHALTIGE FASERVERBINDUNGEN IM HIRNSTAMM DER KATZE. By Sandro Burgi and Verena M. Bucher. Springer-Verlag, 127 pp. 1960.

This is in part a repetition of papers which have appeared in the journal of Comparative Neurology, with additions as are indicated in the literature The arrange- ment is somewhat unusual; the rhinen- cephalic, the optic, the acoustic etc. con- nections are given in 12 chapters. It is unnecessary here to review the book in detail. There are altogether 49 pictures, most of which are photographs of sections, which illustrate the findings of the authors. There are a few schematic pictures which are a good review of their findings. At the end is a list of all the structures described as well as the literature, the latter on 9 pages. The book is well brought out, as all the books by Springer; the cover is paper, not stiff as in English books. For anyone who is interested in neuroanatomy it is well worth perusing in detail.

GERHARDT VON BONIN

THE HUMAN CEREBELLUM. A n atlas of gross topography in serial sections. By J. B. Angevine, E. L. Mancall and P. I. Yakovlev. Boston, Little, Brown and Co., 1961, 138 pages. $15.00 (re- viewed by Gerhardt von Bonin) . Yakovlev, known for his atlas on the

human brain written with Marcus Singer, has teamed up with Angevine and Mancall to produce an atlas of the cerebellum. The main object was to correlate the nu- merous systems of nomenclature, so as to afford a reliable guide for research work- ers, neuropathologists and clinical neurol- ogists.

For this purpose, there are first 24 schematic figures which give the various schemes employed over the years begin- ning with Stilling (1864) and ending with Larsell (’59). Then comes a list of the

names with all their synonyms employed for the cerebellar structures, in which I would have preferred to see, to name but one example, for nucleus fastigii the English equivalent as ridge nucleus, or a similar expression. (German: Dachkern) Since mastery of the Latin tongue is be- coming increasingly rare, it would be good really to have the English equivalents.

Pages 45 to 135 are devoted to an atlas, in the three main planes of the cerebel- lum. They are all taken from Formalin fixed brains, stained for myelin after Loyez. The reproductions are clear, at three times the original size (p. 5). About two pages of references conclude the work.

The book is well brought out, and is worth the price. How one puts these over- sized books into one’s library is another question, but this can be solved, too. (This book is 12” X 15”.)

The only criticism the reviewer has is that no reference is made anywhere to the line between anterior and posterior com- missure, so that the book cannot be used for stereotactic operations which may con- ceivably play a role in the future. In the sagittal series at least i t would have been easy to include a line, giving this axis. That in the other two dimensions the prob- lem would have been much more difficult, has to be admitted.

In any event, this excellent atlas should be a valuable addition to the library of any neurologist, practical or engaged in research.

GLXHARDT VON BONIN

CONTRIBUTION A L’ETUDE DE LA REG- ULATION CRRBBELLEUSE DU SYS- TEME EXTRAPYRAMIDAL, par Jean Massion, Editions Arscia S.A., Bruxelles; Masson et C’“, Paris-VI“, 196 1.

This monograph of 206 pages, with a forward by A. Fessard under whom the work was done, is based on studies on the cat by means of macro- and micro-elec-

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