Merritt's Neurology (earlier editions were known as A Textbook of Neurology by H. Houston Merritt and later Merritt's Textbook of Neurology) is a standard textbook of neurology, currently in its 14th edition (Wolters Kluwer, 2021), edited by Elan Louis, Stephan A. Mayer, and James M. Noble.
Background
Drs. Elan D. Louis, James M. Noble, and Stephan A. Mayer in New York City, May 2018 at 14th edition planning meeting
The book began in 1955 as a sole author publication by its originator H. Houston Merritt, and has had a total of 6 editors or co-editors since its inception, including H. Houston Merritt (Editions 1-6 until his death in 1979),[1]Lewis P. Rowland (Eds 7-13 until his death in 2017),[2] Timothy A. Pedley (2010), and currently Louis (2016–present), Mayer (2016–present), and Noble (2021-present).[3]
Since its first edition, Merritt's Neurology has remained a central text in clinical neurology, providing unparalleled guidance on neurologic protocols, treatment guidelines, clinical pathways, therapeutic recommendations, and imaging.[citation needed] The current, 14th edition, has been selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022 and 2023. In 2022, Doody's gave the 14th Edition of Merritt's a 4 star rating (along with a 93 score), calling it "the neurological equivalent to Harrison's Principles of Medicine."[4]
Editors and editions are as follows:
1st edition (1955, reprinted 1955, 1957): H. Houston Merritt [as sole author] (Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia)
2nd edition (1959, reprinted 1959, 1961): H. Houston Merritt [as sole author] (Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia), 765pp
3rd edition (1963, reprinted 1964, 1966): H. Houston Merritt [as sole author] (Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia), 803pp
4th edition (1967, reprinted 1968, 1969, 1970): H. Houston Merritt [as sole author] (Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia), 844pp
Merritt Tratado De Neurologia (Spanish, 1982, 2nd edition): Lewis P. Rowland (Salvat Editores, S.A.), followed the 6th (English) edition; Translators: Drs. Antonia Grimalt and Pilar Latorre
Merritt Tratado De Neurologia (Spanish, 1987): Lewis P. Rowland (Salvat Editores, S.A.), followed the 7th (English) edition
Trattato di neurologia: Merritt (Italian, 1993): Lewis P. Rowland (Momento Medico, Italy), followed the 8th (English) edition
Merritt Tratado De Neurologia (Portuguese, 1997): Lewis P. Rowland (FisicalBook, Brazil), followed the 9th (English) edition
Merritt manual de neurología (Spanish, 2002): Pietro Mazzoni and Lewis P. Rowland (McGraw-Hill), Spanish version of the 2001 handbook
Merritt's Neurology: Decima Edizione (Italian, in 2 volumes, 2002): Lewis P. Rowland (centro scientifico internazionale, Italy), followed the 10th (English) edition
Merritt's Neurology: (Chinese, 2002): Lewis P. Rowland, (Liaoning Science and Technology Press; Translators: Li Kuncheng, Jiang Xinmei, Chen Shengdi, Gao Xuguang), followed the 10th (English) edition
Merritt's Neurology Handbook (PDA version, 2004): Pietro Mazzoni and Lewis P. Rowland (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; powered by Skyscape, Inc), personal digital assistant version of the 2001 handbook
Merritt's Neurology Handbook (2006): Pietro Mazzoni, Toni Shih Pearson, and Lewis P. Rowland (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), handbook meant to track the 11th edition of the textbook
Merritt Neurologia (Polish, 2008): Lewis P. Rowland (Polish version editors: Anna Kamińska and Hubert Kwieciński; published by Elsevier Urban & Partner, Poland; translated by Jacek Bojakowski), followed the 11th (English) edition
Merritt: Tratado De Neurologia (Portuguese, 2011): Lewis P. Rowland and Timothy A. Pedley, (Guanbara Koogan, Brazil) followed the 12th (English) edition
Merritt Neurologia (Polish, in 2 volumes, 2017): Elan D. Louis, Stephan A. Mayer, and Lewis P. Rowland (Polish version editor: Wojceich Turaj; published by Edra Urban & Partner, Poland), followed the 13th (English) edition
Merritt Neurologia (Polish, in 2 volumes, 2023): Elan D. Louis, Stephan A. Mayer, and James M. Noble (Polish version editor: Wojceich Turaj; published by Edra Urban & Partner, Poland and Wolters-Kluwer), followed the 14th (English) edition
Merritt's Neurology Review (Wolters Kluwer, 2024, e-book and paperback): Jon Rosenberg, Andrew Bauerschmidt, James M. Noble, Stephan A. Mayer, and Elan D. Louis. More than 750 questions developed from the 14th edition of Merritt's Neurology.
