1942-05-23

This is a typewritten letter from Wilder Penfield to E.B. Convery, Medical Director of the federal Department of Pensions and National Health. In the letter, Dr. Penfield states that the Royal Victoria Hospital and the adjacent Montreal Neurological Institute are filled, and unable to accommodate all of the patients from the military services which require treatment. Dr. Penfield suggests that the Department of Pensions and National Health fund the construction of a temporary building adjacent to the MNI that would accommodate thirty additional beds. This letter is dated May 23, 1942.

text.typescript.black and white 27.7 x 21.3 cm

English

Convery, E. B. -- Correspondence.
Penfield, Wilder, 1891-1976 -- Correspondence.
Montreal Neurological Institute -- History.
World War, 1939-1945.

Wilder Penfield Digital Collection

Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series A (Administration) -- Sub-Series A/N (Administration, Neuro)

Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University

Letter from Wilder Penfield to E.B. Convery, May 23, 1942. [Online image]. Wilder Penfield Digital Collection Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series A (Administration) -- Sub-Series A/N (Administration, Neuro) . Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University . Retrieved April 24, 2024 from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/penfieldfonds/fullrecord.php?ID=10008

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Penfield, Wilder, 1891-1976.

A handwritten caption reads: "Return to Dr. Penfield".

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