title: Neurologic Emergencies: A Symptom-Oriented Approach, 2/e
author: Gregory Henry
description: GETTING TO THE DIAGNOSIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART
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  **Table of Contents**
  
   _chapter one_
  
   _chapter two_
  
   _chapter three_
  
   _chapter four_
  
   _chapter five_
  
   _chapter six_
  
   _chapter seven_
  
   _chapter eight_
  
   _chapter nine_
  
   _chapter ten_
  
   _chapter eleven_
  
   _chapter twelve_
  
   _chapter thirteen_
  
   _chapter fourteen_
  
   _chapter fifteen_
  
   _chapter sixteen_
  
   _chapter seventeen_
  
   _chapter eighteen_
  
   _chapter nineteen_
  
   _chapter twenty_
  
   _chapter twenty-one_
  
   _chapter twenty-two_
  
   _chapter twenty-three_
  
   _chapter twenty-four_
  
   _chapter twenty-five_
  
   _chapter twenty-six_
  
   **chapter one**
  
  IT BEGAN AFTER midnight with a low hum, an electric buzz like that of a bass
  guitar string. The sound grew louder and I tried to cover my head with a
  pillow, but my arms, heavy with sleep, wouldn’t move.
  
  I struggled to sit up; I was paralyzed. Frightened, I tried to call out, but
  my mouth wouldn’t move. An odd sensation began in my feet and traveled up my
  body, each nerve ending tingling with electric energy. _S