Reviewed by Professor Helen Danesh-Meyer
This is a serious neuro-ophthalmology textbook. The authors cover diagnosis and treatment of neuro-ophthalmic conditions in one concise but dense textbook.
One of the strengths of the textbook is that it provides a large collection of photographs to illustrate the various conditions. Important information is highlighted in tables for easy access. It is written at the level of a really keen registrar and most of the information that one could need is in one textbook. Another important aspect of this book is that an e-version is available. By providing a personal code on the inside cover, the reader can access all the images and text. It is also associated with an extensive video collection which is particularly useful for examination of the efferent visual pathway and associated disorders: great for taking a saunter through on a rainy Friday night. In particular there is a huge collection of abnormalities for nystagmus that one does not see in clinics that often and a video is most certainly better than 1000 words in these circumstances. In addition, the authors often provide more than one image of a particular condition. This is very helpful for the reader to understand the range of potential presentations.
