The field of tropical neurology embraces those aspects of neurology primarily derived from the tropical zones. However, with fast migration of the populations, tropical neurological disorders are being increasingly seen in temperate zones. Ever since John D Spillane's first treatise on Tropical Neurology written in 1972, there has been very little reference in western literature to the widespread neurological disorders in the tropics.
Neurology in Tropics serves to address the need of the general physicians and the neurologists practising in the tropical countries. The book is a comprehensive review of the neurological disorders in the tropics and has been divided into 56 chapters classified under major sections viz. nutritional disorders and neurotoxicology, neuromuscular diseases, cerebral vascular disease, epilepsy, CNS infections, demyelinating diseases and degenerative disorders. There is special section on history of tropical neurology and scope of future development of neurology in tropics. The clinical material is well supported by the recent technical developments in the field of neurology. The book elucidates well the differences in presentation of the neurological disorders as they manifest in tropical countries.
This book will be of immense value to the postgraduates, internists and neurologists practising in tropics. This book will also serve as a good reference work to the Western Neurologist. It is recommended for medical libraries in the Armed Forces and Civil Institutions.