RT Book, Section A1 Ropper, Allan H. A1 Samuels, Martin A. A1 Klein, Joshua P. A1 Prasad, Sashank SR Print(0) ID 1162588746 T1 Preface T2 Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 11e YR 2019 FD 2019 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071842617 LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1162588746 RD 2024/10/09 AB We are very pleased to bring you the 11th edition of Adams and Victor’s Principles of Neurology. To provide the context for the continued importance and relevance of a textbook that aspires to such breadth and depth, it may be compelling to review a patient’s story; an event that took place between the last edition of this book and this one. Neurologists have always been particularly attracted to the case history as a method to imprint the fine points as well as the broad principles that can be gleaned in a clinical encounter. The originators of this book, Raymond D. Adams and Maurice Victor, insisted that the basis of the practice of neurology necessarily differs from that of neuroscience in that neurology is a medical discipline and must always be related back to the patient. Here is the story: