Woodrow Wilson’s Hidden Stroke of 1919
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)World War I had catapulted the U.S. from historical isolationism into a major European conflict. Upon the close of the war, Wilson's vision involved a permanent U.S. imprint on democracy in world affairs. On Oct. 2, 1919, Wilson suffered his fourth and most serious ischemic stroke, leaving him incapacitated.