1929-07-12

Typewritten letter from Wilder Penfield to Richard M. Pearce of the Rockefeller Foundation. Penfield informs Pearce of an unsolicited check for 10,000 dollars received by his department from the mother of an epileptic patient. He also reports that Dr. William Cone is "being strongly tempted to leave" the RVH, and expresses his hope that it will be possible to convince him to stay.

text.typescript.black and white 27.6 x 21.3 cm

English

Penfield, Wilder Graves, 1891-1976 -- Correspondence.
Pearce, Richard Mills, 1874-1930 -- Correspondence.
Ottmann, Madeleine Louise Ehret, -1930.
Montreal Neurological Institute -- History.
Cone, William Vernon, 1897-1959.
Rockefeller Foundation.

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 Richard M. Pearce, July 12, 1929. [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=9969

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Penfield, Wilder Graves, 1891-1976.

Handwritten notation at top center of page: "10,000 from Mrs. Ottoman".

Typed at bottom left of page after the valediction: "WGP/HL."

A/N 2-2