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PENFIELD, Wilder Graves (1891 – 1976)

PENFIELD, Wilder Graves (1891 – 1976)

1891 – 1976

5 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1941 CE

#4910.1

Epilepsy and cerebral localization: A study of the mechanism, treatment and prevention of epileptic seizures.

PENFIELD, Wilder Graves (1891 – 1976)
PENFIELD, Wilder Graves (1891 – 1976) ERICKSON, Theodore

Penfield’s most widely recognized contribution was the gradual development of cortical excision as an accepted and valuable method of treating medically refractory focal epilepsy. See also No. 4914.2.

1950 CE

#13808

The cerebral cortex of man: A clinical study of localization of function.

PENFIELD, Wilder Graves (1891 – 1976)
PENFIELD, Wilder Graves (1891 – 1976)
RASMUSSEN, Theodore Brown (1910 – 2002)
RASMUSSEN, Theodore Brown (1910 – 2002)

1954 CE

#4914.2

Epilepsy and the functional anatomy of the human brain.

PENFIELD, Wilder Graves (1891 – 1976)
PENFIELD, Wilder Graves (1891 – 1976) JASPER, Herbert Henri (1906 – 1999)

This comprehensive monograph on the mechanism and surgical treatment of epileptic seizures remains Penfield’s most substantial scientific work. See also No. 4910.1.

1959 CE

#13242

Speech and brain mechanisms.

PENFIELD, Wilder Graves (1891 – 1976)
PENFIELD, Wilder Graves (1891 – 1976) ROBERTS, Lamar (1919 – 1978)

1960 CE

#6623.2

The torch.

PENFIELD, Wilder Graves (1891 – 1976)
PENFIELD, Wilder Graves (1891 – 1976)

A romantic and inspirational historical novel about Hippocrates by the great Canadian neurosurgeon.