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 …

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 …

Canadian neurology, certainly in its modern, scientific sense, and in the broader field he
could be credited with the development of physiological neuro¬ surgery, because he …

The productive, many-sided career of Wilder Penfield came to an end April 5, a few weeks
after his 85th birthday. His rich contributions to medicine, science, and the culture of our era …

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 …

The recent death of Wilder Graves Penfield just a few months after his 85th birthday, marks
the end of an era in Canadian neurology and the loss of a great protagonist for neurology …

Born on Jan. 26, 1891, in Spokane, Washington, Wilder Penfield attended school in Hudson,
Wisconsin, where his mother was a teacher. His father and grandfather were physicians in …

Wilder Penfield was a leading neurosurgeon of the twentieth century who pioneered the
incorporation of neurophysiological principles in the practice of neurosurgery. He is best …

Founder and first director of the Montreal Neurological Institute, Wilder G. Penfield
established the" Montreal Procedure" for the surgical treatment of epilepsy, a brain disorder …

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 …