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A current advertisement in the glossy magazines shows a picture of an attractive young woman, modishly dressed, with the exultation printed beneath, "You've come a long way, baby."So it is with our understanding of the causes and treatment of cerebrovascular disease commonly called "stroke."Like many advances in medicine, this has happened in our lifetime.Many of the council members attending this meeting today have made significant contributions to current knowledge of the epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of stroke.It has become a tradition of the Council on Cerebrovascular Disease for the outgoing chairman to provide a personal account of the past, present, and future of cerebrovascular disease.My distinguished predecessors, Dr. Irving Wright 1 and Dr. Clark Millikan, 2 have provided useful accounts of considerable historical as well as therapeutic interest, and the present contribution is an attempt to follow this tradition.
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