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At the midpoint of the century when Miller Fisher began his career there was little public or medical interest in stroke. By the end of the century, stroke care and research was among the most intensely active areas within all of medicine. This book is the story of that change and of one physician, Dr. Fisher, a main architect and driver of that change.
List of contents
- C. Miller Fisher's Life: Timeline
- Introduction
- Part I. Early Years and University and Medical Training
- 1. Fisher's Early Years
- 2. Toronto University and Medical School and Internship in Detroit
- Part II. War Experiences
- 3. World War II and Experience as a British Naval Officer
- 4. Prisoner of War, 1941-1944
- Part III. Repatriation and Reintroduction to Medicine and Neurology in Montreal
- 5. Reintroduction to Medicine and Neurology in Montreal
- Part IV. Neuropathology Fellowship and Experience as a Neurologist Specializing in Stroke
- 6. Pathology at Boston City Hospital
- 7. Montreal, 1950-1954
- Part V. Boston and Massachusetts General Hospital: Fisher's Personal Characteristics, Methods, and Major Contributions
- 8. Boston and Massachusetts General Hospital: Fisher's Activities and Methods
- 9. Fisher's Collegiality, Personality Traits and Idiosyncrasies, and "Rules"
- 10. Neurological Examination of the Stuporous Patient, Lacunar Infarction, Intracerebral Hemmorrhage, and Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- 11. Carotid Artery and Cerebral Atherosclerosis, Transient Ischemic Attacks, Symptoms and Signs Correlated with Lesions at Various Brain Locations, Cervical and Cranial Arterial Dissections, andHydrocephalus and Gait Abnormalities
- 12. Atrial Fibrillation, Memory, Timing and Quantity of Behavior, Randomized Therapeutic Trials and Anticoagulation of Brain Ischemia Patients, and Headache and Migraine
- 13. Eye Signs, Syndromes, and Reviews and Opinions
- Part VI. The Last Decades of Fisher's Life
- 14. Retirement and Beyond: Fisher's Last Decades
About the author
Louis R. Caplan, MD
Professor of Neurology, Harvard University
Neurologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre
Summary
At the midpoint of the century when Miller Fisher began his career there was little public or medical interest in stroke. By the end of the century, stroke care and research was among the most intensely active areas within all of medicine. This book is the story of that change and of one physician, Dr. Fisher, a main architect and driver of that change.
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I will treasure this book. Stroke neurology under Fisher was something extraordinary, and Caplan reminds us how valuable it was. After closing this remarkable book, I realised that Fisher's transformative era, with its eagerness to see pathophysiology anew and its willingness to overturn assumptions while maintaining masterful attention to neurological detail, might perhaps now be distinctly and sadly no more-but hopefully not.
