1940-03-27

This is a typewritten letter from Wilder Penfield to Sir Edward Beatty. In the letter Dr. Penfield invites Sir Edward to a dinner honouring those Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) staff that will be going overseas to serve at the No. 1 Neurological Hospital. He also updates Beatty with information regarding the MNI’s wartime operations and how the institute will be rotating staff between the No. 1 Neurological Hospital in England and the MNI, making “it possible for us to keep a supply of properly trained men coming along”. The letter is dated March 27, 1940.

text.typescript.black and white 27.7 x 21.5 cm

English

Penfield, Wilder, 1891-1976 -- Correspondence.
Beatty, Edward Wentworth, Sir, 1878-1943 -- Correspondence.
Montreal Neurological Institute -- History.
World War, 1939-1945.
Surgery, Military.

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 Edward Beatty, March 27, 1940. [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 19, 2024 from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/penfieldfonds/fullrecord.php?ID=10095

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Penfield, Wilder, 1891-1976.

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