Cranial Nerves in Health and Disease

 (5 customer reviews)

This is the second edition of the book with the yellow cover (ASIN: 1550090755). The main difference is the shift to problem based learning - each chapter begins with a clinical scenario which is followed through the chapter to explain the functioning of the nerve.
But each example can only cover a narrow subset of the possible nerve misfunction, so this approach makes the detail uneven. The cranial nerves are a fascinating enough subject not to need this approach to keep me interested, and as a craniosacral therapist I wanted more detail.
Note also that although the entire book comes on the CD-ROM as a .pdf, this file is protected and you will not be able to print any of the images separately, which would have been nice for my own learning.

This update from the 1988 "yellow cranial nerve book" is a great aid for any neuroanatomy class within the health science. It gives great detailed diagrams of the cranial nerve tracts along with the way you test the specific cranial nerve clinically. The CD that comes with it gives you the text in a PDF format and video on how to perform the cranial nerve neurological exam. I highly recommend this book for any medical student (or any health science student) starting their neuro units.

This book has been exceedingly helpful for my swallowing disorders class. The pictures are clear and have the perfect amount of details. Also, the case histories are effective at helping to apply what is learned in the reading. I highly recommend this book.