The Carotid Siphon In South-african Blacks With Stroke

Experience gained over a period of 8 years examining the carotid siphon in Black South-Africans suffering from Stroke - Post mortem findings. Comparison with controls utilizing similar macroscopical and microscopical parameters. In the sixties pre-graduate students in South Africa were taught that atherosclerosis almost never occurred in Black patients; this questionable wisdom perpetuated by studies on blood lipid levels and others regarding prisoners (with diets far from affluent and physical exercise usually post-exhaustion) (Personal observation).