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Faculty of Graduate Studies & Research
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CA OSLER P142-A-A/M-4-4
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0.6 cm of textual records
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(1891-1976)
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Born in Spokane, Washington, Wilder Penfield received his B.Litt. from Princeton University in 1913 and was a Rhodes Scholar in Oxford (B.A.1916). He received his M.D. from Johns Hopkins in 1918. Studying under Sir Charles Sherrington at Oxford, Penfield became interested in the brain. From 1921 to 1928 he engaged in research and neurosurgery at the Presbyterian Hospital and served on the Medical Faculty of Columbia University. Appointed to the Medical Faculty of McGill University in 1928, he was Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery from 1934 to 1960. An endowment from the Rockefeller Foundation enabled him to establish the Montreal Neurological Institute (M.N.I.), which opened in 1934. At the M.N.I. Penfield made many innovations in neurosurgery including a surgical treatment for epilepsy. He devoted much of his research to the study of the physiology of the brain, speech memory and sensation. Besides his numerous scientific publications, Penfield wrote two novels and participated in a large number of professional organizations. Dr. Penfield was a member of the Board of Curators of the Osler Library.
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The file contains Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research correspondence. Included are lists of fellowships, studentships, scholarships, etc. (1955-1956); a list of candidates for Masters and Doctorates for the Neurology and Neurosurgery department (1956); student theses titles and grades; list of fellows registered for degrees; correspondence between the faculty and Rasmuseen on which members of the department who are actively engaged in research and training of graduate students; course enrollment forms for select students in the department; Graduate Faculty Policy Committee meeting minutes; Memorandum of a meeting on American support of medical research (1964); a report containing data concerning U.S. Government grants to the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI); discussions on changes in American Federal Funds; a letter and preparatory notes on American support of medical research at McGill; S.B. Frost, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research’s survey questions about Post-Doc’s; and recommendations for new posts on the Graduate Faculty.