A beautifully illustrated guide to neurology intended for medical students, Fundamentals of neurology is co-authored by the current and previous professors of neurology at Berne University Hospital. It also serves as a new complementary summary for the pocket textbook Neurology, now in its fourth English edition. Both books can be comfortably carried together in a doctor’s bag. Neurology’s size has been reduced by publishing the references separately on a website. The translator, Ethan Taub, is a neurosurgeon and, although he disclaims any authorship, no doubt his influence contributes to the strength of the discussion of raised intracranial pressure, hydrocephalus, brain …