The Discovery of Encephalic Arteries—A Historical Overview
Abstract
The knowledge of the anatomy of brain arteries developed in two main phases. The first, mainly descriptive, was the discovery of the main arteries at the base of the brain. The second was the study of the branching patterns of these arteries using more specific anatomical techniques, such as intra-arterial injection. The great anatomo-clinical work of Charles Foix (1882–1927), the first true stroke neurologist, enabled the transformation of these anatomical data into a form directly applicable to clinical practice.
