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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

#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

#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

#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

#13242

Speech and brain mechanisms.

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

1960

#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.