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Wilder Penfield (1891–1976)

Author of Mystery of the Mind: A Critical Study of Consciousness and the Human Brain

20 Works 198 Members 2 Reviews

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Works by Wilder Penfield

Mystery of the Mind: A Critical Study of Consciousness and the Human Brain (1968) 75 copies

No man alone : a neurosurgeon's life (1977) 31 copies

Speech and brain-mechanisms (1959) 26 copies

No Other Gods (1954) 14 copies

The Torch (1960) 13 copies

Second Thoughts : Science, the Arts and the Spirit (1970) 6 copies

The Cerebral Cortex of Man (1950) 5 copies

The Difficult Art of Giving; The Epic of Alan Gregg 4 copies

Cytology & Cellular Pathology of the Nervous System, Vol. 1 4 copies

The second career, with other essays and addresses 4 copies

Epilepsy and the functional anatomy of the human brain 3 copies

El misterio de la mente. Estudio crítico de la consciencia y del cerebro humano (1977) 3 copies

Man and his family; (The Josiah Wood lectures) 2 copies

The excitable cortex in conscious man (1958) 2 copies

Hawkins, Ronnie: The Hawk Soars At 60 - Showbiz Magazine, 1995 1 copy

epilepsy and cerebral localization 1 copy

Epileptic seizure patterns; a study of the localizing value of initial phenomena in focal cortical seizures 1 copy

A Consideration of the Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Speech and Some Educational Consequences 1 copy

Cytology & cellular pathology of the nervous system 1 copy

Epilepsy and cerebral localization; a study of the mechanism, treatment and prevention of epileptic seizures 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Penfield, Wilder Graves
Birthdate: 1891-01-26
Date of death: 1976-04-05
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Canada
Birthplace: Spokane, Washington, USA
Place of death: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Places of residence: Hudson, Wisconsin, USA
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Education: Princeton Unversity
Johns Hopkins University (MD ∙ 1918)
Oxford University (Merton College)
Occupations: neurosurgeon
author
Relationships: Osler, William (mentor)
Cushing, Harvey (mentor)
Organizations: Montreal Neurological Institute
McGill University School of Medicine
Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons, Canada (president)
Royal Society
Vanier Institute of the Family
Awards and honors: Rhodes Scholar
Medal of Freedom (USA)
Legion d'Honneur
Order of Merit (UK)
Fellow of the Royal Society
Lister Medal (1960)

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The Torch by Wilder Penfield

The story of Hippocrates, founder of modern medicine, in a historical novel by Canadian neuro-surgeon Dr. Wilder Penfield.

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Works: 20
Members: 198
Popularity: #110,929
Rating: ½ 4.3

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 15
Languages: 2

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