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
- Types of Stroke
- Some Key Physicians
- Chapter Twenty Seven Charles Foix
- Chapter Twenty Eight Houston Merritt and Charles Aring
- Chapter Twenty Nine C. Miller Fisher
- Chapter Thirty Louis Caplan
- Imaging
- Care
- Treatment
- Part IV Stroke Literature, Organizations, and Patients
- Index
- References
Chapter Twenty Nine - C. Miller Fisher
from Some Key Physicians
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
- Types of Stroke
- Some Key Physicians
- Chapter Twenty Seven Charles Foix
- Chapter Twenty Eight Houston Merritt and Charles Aring
- Chapter Twenty Nine C. Miller Fisher
- Chapter Thirty Louis Caplan
- Imaging
- Care
- Treatment
- Part IV Stroke Literature, Organizations, and Patients
- Index
- References
Summary
Charles Miller Fisher was born on December 5, 1913. Like his older sister and older brother and the five other siblings who followed, Miller (as he liked to be called) was delivered at home. His parents lived in a simple frame house in Waterloo, in the southern part of Ontario, Canada. When Miller was 11, his mother died during childbirth while giving birth to the tenth child, who also died. He was raised by his father and a succession of stepmothers. As a young boy, he was often referred to as “Doctor.” He was an average student in school, spending much of his time with sports and outdoor activities. During high school, a respected teacher criticized a report that he submitted, admonishing him that he could do much better. This criticism stimulated him, and during his last two years in high school, Miller “turned up the burners” and began to study more assiduously. He read avidly. By graduation he was recognized as “the scholar in the class.” He was awarded a scholarship to the University of Toronto in recognition of his performance during high school [1].
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- Stories of StrokeKey Individuals and the Evolution of Ideas, pp. 265 - 279Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022