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"Something hidden, go and find it." / Wilder Graves Penfield and G. Mathieson
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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.
Folder #1:; 1 typed and hand-written draft, with hand-written amendments and hand-written notes.; 1 typed and hand-written draft (earlier).; 2 sets of correspondence (Set #1: 1 piece of correspondence. Set #2: 13 pieces of correspondence, plus 1 brochure and 3 hand-written notes.; ; Folder #2:; 1 typed draft with hand-written amendments.; 1 typed draft.; 1 hand-written draft.
See also: W/PNR 40.
Text was delivered as a Preamble to the 2nd Donald Matson lecture. The text was also prepared for publication as "The Hippocampus and the record of the stream of consciousness" with G. Mathieson. It is unclear if it was ever published.