Now in its revised Sixth Edition, this classic text provides a thorough understanding of the techniques of the neurologic examination, the anatomic and physiologic bases of the results, and why the neurologic examination is still necessary in this age of advancing technology. This edition includes new signs and symptoms, new case material, and new illustrations. A new section on the mental status examination and higher cortical functions discusses disorders of the cerebral cortex, speech and language, and related disorders. Other new sections discuss Orthopedic Neurology, Special Methods of Examination including coma and miscellaneous neurologic signs, and Neurologic Differential Diagnosis.