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Stroke Derivation and History

Before I experienced a stroke, the word stroke just pretty much meant to me the following definitions and images: petting a fluffy kitten; swinging a golf club; or a metaphor, as in, a stroke of luck.  Why do those benign and innocuous ideas share the same name as one of the most deadly and horrific (more…)