Learning Resources
The Geza Hetenyi Memorial Studentship in the History of Medicine
medweb/hetenyi/index.htm
The following is a list of references that MAY be consulted. Students are NOT expected to purchase any of these books. To get an indication of books that students in previous years found beneficial to purchase watch out for the student book review in September.
Recommended Readings:
Reserve materials for the Nervous System block available at the library
Basic neurosciences:
- The human brain: an introduction to its functional anatomy / John Nolte; three-dimensional brain reconstructions by John Sundsten. St. Louis, MO, Mosby, c2002.
- Excellent, well illustrated, more comprehensive than required for the block
- Available at the library
- Atlas of functional neuroanatomy / Walter J. Hendelman. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Taylor & Francis, 2006.
- Good illustrations of pathways, anatomy
- Available at the library
- Clinical neuroanatomy and neuroscience / FitzGerald, M. J. T. Edinburgh: Elsevier Saunders, c2007.
Clinical neurology:
- Harrison's Online. Featuring the complete contents of Harrison's Principles of
Internal Medicine, 16th Edition. - Excellent and up to date
- e-book available in the library collection
- Adams and Victor's principles of neurology/ Maurice Victor, Allan H. Ropper. New York: McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, c2005.
- Textbook of clinical neurology / [edited by] Christopher G. Goetz. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, c2003.
Recommended Online Resources:
- An@tomy.tv Collection of 3-D interactive anatomy images.
- First Principles of Gastroenterology
- French / English Terminological Dictionary
http://www.granddictionnaire.com/
- NeuroShows

http://www.temple.edu/acb/aker/neuroshows.htm
- MD consult online has the Clinical neurology textbook recommended for this block
- Washington University School of Medicine - Neuromuscular Disorders
http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/index.html
- Dr. Hendelmen and Dr. Skinner's Neuroblock Online Case Presentation
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/med/hendelman/default.htm
- Neuroanatomy and Neuropathology on the Internet (website of links to other sites)
http://www.neuropat.dote.hu/
- WebPath: The Internet Pathology Laboratory - CNS Pathology
http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/CNSHTML/CNSIDX.html
- University of Michigan Medical School - Neuroanatomy Lab Modules
http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/coursepages/M2/neurosciences/neuro_labs/
- Neurological Examination - Internet Handbook of Neurology.This Website was highly recommended by Dr. Stevens.
http://www.neuropat.dote.hu/neurology.htm
- Online Neurology Quizzes. This site comes recommended by students in past years
http://www.neuropat.dote.hu/quiz2.htm
- If you want to hone up on your MCQ skills, there is a quiz on the hendleman website http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/med/teaching/
login: neuroblock, password: brain, pick “syrinx problem”.
Library Holdings for this block:
- Atlas of Functional Neuroanatomy: by Dr. W. Hendelman
