This is a typewritten letter dated May 14, 1931 from Dr. Charles F. Martin, Dean of McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine, to Dr. Wilder Penfield. In the letter Dr. Martin responds to Dr. Penfield’s request that the monkeys housed at the Royal Victoria Hospital’s Animal House receive additional care and be fed more often. Dr. Penfield is concerned that, because of their existing level of care, many of the monkeys were dying unnecessarily from tuberculosis. In his response, Dr. Martin explains that the faculty’s budget will not allow for another technician to be hired, as Dr. Penfield had suggested, to give the additional care. Rather, Dr. Martin states that he will speak to those in charge of the Animal House about how the care of the monkeys could be improved.

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Martin, C. F. (Charles Ferdinand), 1868- -- Correspondence.
Penfield, Wilder, 1891-1976 -- Correspondence.
McGill University. Faculty of Medicine -- History.
Laboratory animals.

Wilder Penfield Digital Collection

Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series A (Administration) -- Sub-Series A/M (Administration, McGill)

Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University

Letter from Charles F. Martin to Wilder Penfield, May 14, 1931. [Online image]. Wilder Penfield Digital Collection Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series A (Administration) -- Sub-Series A/M (Administration, McGill) . Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University . Retrieved April 26, 2024 from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/penfieldfonds/fullrecord.php?ID=9886

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Martin, C. F. (Charles Ferdinand), 1868-.

This letter is written on McGill University, Faculty of Medicine, Office of the Dean stationary.

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