Abstract
The significance of strokes as a national health problem is well appreciated by layman and physician alike. Broad governmental programs, designed to deal with this third most common disabling condition plaguing Americans, emphasize the importance of acquiring more knowledge of vascular lesions which affect the brain. The earlier diagnosis of incipient stroke is a worthy practical aspect of the clinical problem, especially when the lesions can be treated by reconstructive vascular surgical operations. One method of assessing blood flow in any portion of the body is by determining the temperature of that part and recognizing a variation from the physiologic state. In the case of the limited external display of the internal carotid artery, sensitive instruments are required to demonstrate a variation of skin temperature from the normal; modern clinical thermography has been shown to be a method of detecting such changes. The “Thermograph” is a medically adapted heat-seeking device developed in connection wit...
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