In 1949, Raymond Garcin and Maurice Pestel began their monograph on cerebral vein and dural sinus thrombosis (CVDST) with this sentence cited above that acknowledged that cerebral venous disease was underreported and seldom considered by neurologists [1]. Marie Mathieu Jean Raymond Garcin (1897–1971) was one of the outstanding figures in neurology in France and internationally during the twentieth century. Born in 1897 in the Caribbean island of Martinique, he traveled at age 18 to Paris to study medicine. He was a medical intern in 1923, Médecin des Hôpitaux in 1930, and Professeur agrégé à la Faculté de Médecine in 1939. His early career as a consultant and teacher was associated with the Hospice Debrousse, the Hôpital Saint-Antoine, and l’Hôtel-Dieu. His major contributions were made during his long stay at the Salpêtrière where in 1948 he was officially nominated Médecin. His monograph with Pestel was based primarily on autopsy material. The authors recognized CVDST as an important but rare cause of death.