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   Wilder Graves Penfield OM CC CMG FRS (January 26, 1891 – April 5, 1976) was an American-Canadian neurosurgeon. He expanded brain surgery 's methods and techniques, including mapping the functions of various regions of the brain such as the cortical homunculus .

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3. www.mcgill.ca › history › wilder-graves-penfieldWilder Graves Penfield | The Neuro - McGill University

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   Learn about the life and achievements of Wilder Penfield, one of Canada's foremost neurosurgeons who established the Montreal Neurological Institute (The Neuro) in 1934. Discover how he developed the Montreal procedure to treat epilepsy, explored the mysteries of the brain, and wrote novels and biographies.

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   Apr 26, 2018 · Wilder Penfield pioneered the early practice of brain surgery. In binding together the disciplines of neurosurgery, neurology, neuropathology, psychology, and related basic sciences, Penfield transformed our understanding of the field of neuroscience. He brought to the operating room the meticulous techniques of Sherrington, combined with methods of stimulation described by Foerster, which he complemented with expert knowledge of the neurocytology of nervous tissue. While developing surgical ...

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6. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca › wilder-penfieldWilder Penfield | The Canadian Encyclopedia

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   Mar 3, 2008 · Wilder Penfield was a neurosurgeon and scientist who founded the Montreal Neurological Institute and pioneered the surgical treatment of epilepsy. He also made important discoveries on brain function, memory and consciousness, and wrote several books on neurology and history.

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   Learn about the life and achievements of Wilder Penfield, a pioneer of brain surgery who mapped the human brain and its functions. Discover his early struggles, his Rhodes Scholarship, his war experiences, and his research at Oxford and New York.

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   Oct 27, 2017 · The homunculus made his first appearance in the field of neurology on 1 December 1937, when Wilder Penfield and Edwin Boldrey published in Brain a 55-page article entitled Somatic motor and sensory representation in the cerebral cortex of man as studied by electrical stimulation (Penfield and Boldrey, 1937). The article is filled with painstakingly crafted summaries of data sourced from the cortical stimulation of 126 patients, who were operated under local anaesthesia by Penfield between ...

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   Who was Wilder Penfield?

   • Speaking secrets: epilepsy, neurosurgery, and patient testimony in the age of the explorable brain, 1934–1960. Wilder G. Penfield (1891–1976), neurosurgeon and scientist. Wilder Penfield, man of letters. Penfield — a great explorer of psyche-soma-neuroscience. Tribute to Dr. Wilder Penfield 1891–1976. Wilder Penfield (1891–1976).

   The Montreal procedure: The legacy of the great Wilder Penfield

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   Who is Wilder Graves Penfield?

   • Wilder Graves Penfield, OM, CC, FRS, FRSC neurosurgeon, scientist (born 26 January 1891 in Spokane, Washington; died 5 April 1976 in Montreal, QC ). Dr. Penfield was the founder and first director of the Montreal Neurological Institute and established the "Montreal procedure" for the surgical treatment of epilepsy. ( See also Neuroscience .)

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   Where did Wilder Penfield grow up?

   • Early Years Wilder Penfield was born in 1891 in Spokane, Washington, where he lived until the age of eight. In 1899, he and his mother, sister and older brother moved back to Hudson, Wisconsin. They left his father in Spokane to try to re-establish his medical practice.

   Wilder Graves Penfield | The Neuro - McGill University

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   Was Wilder Penfield a great surgeon?

   • "Wilder Penfield was not only a great surgeon and a great scientist, he was an even greater human being." -- Sir George Pickering, Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University Wilder Penfield, Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill, revolutionized our understanding of the human brain.

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10. www.mcgill.ca › about › historyWilder Penfield (1891-1976) | About McGill - McGill University

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    Wilder Penfield was a pioneer in brain surgery and neuroscience who founded the Montreal Neurological Institute. He used the "Montreal Procedure" to map the cortex and memory functions, and wrote about the problem of neurology.