We wish to congratulate the new editors on the first issue under their stewardship and offer our best wishes for their future success.

We, like many, read the article on the world's best known neurologist with interest.1 As the author predicted, we have our own views, although unlike senior figures, not our own private hopes.

Parkinson's clinical merit is clearly described by Gerald Stern and the case for the most laudable emeritus figure may reasonably be considered. But we would argue that it is difficult to make the case for the world's best known neurologist for a man when we do not even know what he …