C. Miller Fisher

Abstract

Regarded by many as the leading clinical neurologist of the 20th century, Charles Miller Fisher, MD, approaching his 99th birthday, decided against continuing his efforts to resist the disabling effects of age and quietly died April 14, 2012. Intellectually active to the end, he had just finished his eighth volume of memoirs. C. Miller Fisher, MD His first publication, in 1945,1 reflects the eye for detail that characterized all his work: medical observations among those (himself included) rescued by the German raider whose brief exchange of gunfire sank his Canadian Navy ship the HMS Voltaire in 1941. The account also included details of medical treatment options during his time in a prison camp into late 1944. His career bridged the period from the single to the numerous coinvestigator and then, toward the end, back to the single-author publications.2 Much of his work was done on his own but he was generous by including trainees and colleagues in publications. …