Posttraumatic Epilepsy

This is an excellent short account of an approach to focal cerebral seizures resulting from trauma in adult life. Dr. Walker was charged with the surgical treatment of seizures among the war wounded of the United States Army, and this volume is largely a condensation of that experience. The scope of the book does not therefore completely fulfil its title, and some aspects of post-traumatic epilepsy (in particular those referring to injury at birth or in childhood) are omitted. This in no way detracts, however, from the way the author has treated the material.

After stating the problem and discussing factors of etiology and pathogenesis, the author gives an account of the electrographic manifestations of this disorder. He has perhaps approached these with more insight than he has the clinical aspects of the attacks. Chapters on medical and surgical management are well done, and the latter alone would justify the