Injured Doctor's Stoicism, newspaper article.
Date:
ca. 1916
Description:
A newspaper clipping with the title "Injured Doctor's Stoicism.” The clipping is glued to another blank sheet of paper. Much of the newspaper article consists of quotations of an American woman, Miss Edna Hale, who had been a passenger on the S.S. Sussex when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat on March 24, 1916. In the article Miss Hale details Wilder Penfield’s condition following the attack, including that he had suffered a broken leg. It also recounts how Penfield’s advice and actions saved two people's lives, an Edouard L. Maubourgeuet and a French girl. Miss Hale also describes the death of one passenger, a man from India.
Physical Description:
text.typescript.black and white 27.8 x 21.4 cm
Language:
English

is Part Of:
Wilder Penfield Digital Collection

Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Sussex Series
Publisher:
Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
Citation:
Injured Doctor's Stoicism, newspaper article. [Online image]. Wilder Penfield Digital Collection Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Sussex Series . Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University . Retrieved March 29, 2024 from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/penfieldfonds/fullrecord.php?ID=9456
Rights:
This material has been made available with the consent of the copyright holders and can be used in accordance with fair dealing provisions of Canadian copyright law. For more information, please contact the Osler Library of the History of Medicine.
Call Number:
Sussex Box 181