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An old Hindi wise man told a story about six blind men meeting up with an elephant. Each blind man
could feel only a part of the beast. One man felt a tusk and said that an elephant is similar to a spear.
Another man touched a leg and said that an elephant is a big tree. Grabbing the trunk, one blind man
claimed that the elephant is a big snake. With each blind man, the true nature of a whole elephant was
misjudged because each one could only sense one part. The old Hindi wise man told us that truth is
found by considering many different points of view.
In composing this book, we recognize that clinicians may view Thoracic Outlet Syndrome from
many different perspectives. From the very beginning of this project, we hoped to incorporate as many
of these different perspectives as we can, because it is our conviction that knowledge will arise out of
a process of consensus while we try to reconcile the differences. In so doing, we honor the old Hindi
wise man and the elephant.