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Third edition. By Louis R. Caplan. 556 pp., illustrated. Boston, Butterworth–Heinemann, 2000. $99. ISBN 0-7506-9953-1.

Since nearly all workers in the stroke field know, or know of, Dr. Caplan, he can be forgiven for the somewhat immodest title of his book. But can one person alone write a comprehensive book on stroke in the 21st century? Osler's Principles and Practice of Medicine (New York, D. Appleton), published in 1892, with all its antiquated ideas (such as the role of overwork in the formation of aortic aneurysm), remained in print for decades. Today, there is no less than one to two years between the writing and the marketing of a book, and that is just too . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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