Memory mechanisms was vital; the large size of the frontal lobes was the distinctive feature
of man's brain, it was thought, and this was the basis of man's humanity. What Penfield did …

The legacy to neurology left by Wilder Penfield, as a set of papers in this issue of the Journal
(pages 1365 to 1377) demonstrates, was incomparable and certainly immeasurable. But …

Introduction Page 1 Wilder Penfield: his legacy to neurology* Introduction ROBERT E. BELL,
CC, PH D, FRS, FRSC During the past 160 years there have been three heroes whose names …

23. PENFIELD W: Epilepsy and surgical therapy. Arch Neurol Psychiatry 36: 449, 1936 24.
PENFIELD W, STEELMAN H: The treatment of focal epilepsy by cortical excision. Ann Surg …

Wilder Penfield's interest in epilepsy began early in his medical career and led to his well
known studies on the histologic aspects of the healing of brain wounds. 1 A need for better …

The frontal lobe term" neurochemistry" and applied it to our clinical and research
laboratories and to my position, so that the first person to be officially called a neurochemist …

6Professeur 6m&ite de neurophysiologie, universit6 de Montreal; and senior consultant,
Montreal Neurological Hospital tion of generalized seizures. Directed frequently against …

Wilder Penfield (1891–1976) is famous for his contributions to the understanding of epilepsy
and for his discoveries of the relationship between the structure and function of the human …

In 1928, as a 4th-year medical student, I visited Montreal from Boston, looking for a position
under a 37-year-old neurosurgeon, young but already of established reputation. The post …

The death of Wilder Penfield on 5 April 1976, at the age of 85, marked the end of an era for
Canadian neurology and, in many ways, for world neurology. During his long and active …