1916-04-04

Telegram from Wilder Penfield, communicated by an individual known only as Herbert, to Helen Kermott Penfield at Downer College, Milwaukee. The telegram reports that [Wilder] sustained a simple fracture as shown by a radiograph test. Expected recovery time is about four weeks and he is receiving good care.

text.telegram.black and white 16.3 x 19.8 cm

English

Penfield, Helen Kermott, 1891-1978 -- Correspondence.
Penfield, Wilder Graves, 1891-1976 -- Correspondence.
Western Union Telegraph Company.

Wilder Penfield Digital Collection

Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series C (Correspondence) -- Sub-Series C/D (Correspondence, domestic)

Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University

Telegram from Herbert to Helen Kermott, April 4, 1916. [Online image]. Wilder Penfield Digital Collection Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series C (Correspondence) -- Sub-Series C/D (Correspondence, domestic) . Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University . Retrieved April 25, 2024 from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/penfieldfonds/fullrecord.php?ID=9497

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Penfield, Wilder Graves, 1891-1976.

On the right side of the telegram there is a combination of stamped and handwritten notations.

Transcription of Telegram message: "A388CH 16 Hudson WIS 1155A 4 Miss Helen Kermott Milwaukee Downer Room 20 Mclaren Hall Milwaukee WIS Cable from Wilder says radiograph shows simple fracture recovery may require four weeks receiving best attention - Herbert."

"Herbert" could possibly be the acquaintance Wilder mentions in his autobiography "No Man Alone" (1976) who "sent a cable for me to Helen Kermott at Milkwaukee Downer College" (p.36).

Telegram is written on Western Union Telegram stationary.

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