Book contents
- Stories of Stroke
- Stories of Stroke
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Why This Book Needed to Be Written
- Preface
- Part I Early Recognition
- Part II Basic Knowledge, Sixteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries
- Part III Modern Era, Mid-Twentieth Century to the Present
- Part IV Stroke Literature, Organizations, and Patients
- Chapter Sixty Stroke Organizations, Journals, and Books
- Chapter Sixty One Prominent Stroke Patients
- Index
- References
Chapter Sixty One - Prominent Stroke Patients
from Part IV - Stroke Literature, Organizations, and Patients
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 December 2022
- Stories of Stroke
- Stories of Stroke
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Why This Book Needed to Be Written
- Preface
- Part I Early Recognition
- Part II Basic Knowledge, Sixteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries
- Part III Modern Era, Mid-Twentieth Century to the Present
- Part IV Stroke Literature, Organizations, and Patients
- Chapter Sixty Stroke Organizations, Journals, and Books
- Chapter Sixty One Prominent Stroke Patients
- Index
- References
Summary
The history of the world has undoubtedly been altered by stroke. Many important leaders in science, medicine, and politics have had their productivity cut prematurely short by stroke. Some of the world-renowned artists, musicians, authors, actors, and sportsmen also suffered severely debilitating or fatal strokes.
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- Stories of StrokeKey Individuals and the Evolution of Ideas, pp. 610 - 626Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022