| Introduction | |
| PART ONE | |
| 1. EVOLUTION | 2 |
| Brain size and capability / Growth / Primitive man / Origin of speech / The hand / Dexterity / Cultural evolution | |
| 2. ANIMAL ANATOMY | 19 |
| Ascaris and Aplysia / Other invertebrates / Amphioxus / Fish / Amphibia / Reptiles / Birds / Mammals I Homo sapiens | |
| 3. GROWTH | 30 |
| Embryology in general / Human foetal development / Neural calendar (before birth) / Prematurity / Reflexes / The skull / Growth after birth / Neural calendar (part II) / Brain damage / Head size, brain size | |
| PART TWO | |
| 4. ANATOMY | 58 |
| History / Naming of parts / Cerebral hemispheres / The lobes / The ventricles / Meninges / Cranial nerves / Spinal nerves / The plexuses / Blood supply | |
| 5. THE AUTONOMIC | 85 |
| Sympathetic and parasympathetic / Plexuses / Adrenals / Pituitary / Thyroid / Hypothalamus | |
| 6. PHYSIOLOGY | 95 |
| The neuron / Impulses / Conduction time / Synapse / Neuro-transmitters / Brain waves / Feedback / Blood-brain barrier | |
| PART THREE | |
| 7 DOMINANCE | 110 |
| Symmetry and asymmetry / Right side, left side / Dominant hemisphere / Split-brain / Hemispherectomy / Left hand, right hand / Left-sided speech / Digital dexterity | |
| 8. CONSCIOUSNESS | 127 |
| Definition / Unconsciousness / Concussion / Stupor / Coma / Sleep / Active and normal / Dreams / Hypnosis / Convulsion / Epilepsy | |
| 9. ABILITY | 146 |
| Learning / Intelligence / IQ / Speech / Language / Reading / Music | |
| 10. MEMORY | 164 |
| Definition / Understanding of memory / Theories, Short term, long term / Amnesia / Retrograde, post-traumatic / The mnemonists | |
| 11. SENSES | 175 |
| Seeing / Hearing / Smelling / Tasting / Touching / Hot, cold, pressure / Proprioception / Pain / Phantom limbs Enkephalins and endorphins | |
| PART FOUR | |
| 12. ABNORMAL ABILITY | 204 |
| Genius / Precociousness / Prodigy / Norbert Wiener / Education / Mental deficiency / Mental institutions / Causes of retardation | |
| 13. MALFORMATION | 222 |
| Neural tube defects / Spina bifida / Anencephaly / Hydrocephalus / Hydrancephalics / Down's syndrome / Huntington's chorea | |
| 14. DAMAGE | 240 |
| Definition / Cerebral palsy / Paraplegia / Head Injury / Phineas Gage and Co. / War wounds / Lyova Zasetsky / Boxing / Other sports / Headache / Migraine / Self-damage / Depression / Schizophrenia / Parkinsonism / Stroke / Tumour | |
| PART FIVE | |
| 15. THE OLD BRAIN | 282 |
| Deterioration / Senility / Senile dementia / Othr ageing illness / Brain death / The new criteria / Transplantation needs / Lawful death / Future ruling | |
| 16. POSTSCRIPT | 308 |
| Neurology in general / Early lobotomy / Modern psychosurgery / Electroconvulsive therapy / Alcohol / Drugs / Computers / Finale | |
| INDEX | 323 |