1942-06-04

This is a typewritten letter from Ross Millar, Director of Medical Services for the federal Department of Pensions and National Health, to Wilder Penfield. In this letter Dr. Millar states that he has reviewed the cases of the military patients treated at the Montreal Neurological Institute over the two preceding years. Based upon his “hasty review” of the cases, he offers alternatives to Dr. Penfield's proposal to build an annex next to the Montreal Neurological Institute, including having patients be treated at the existing military hospital in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. The letter is dated June 4, 1942.

text.typescript.black and white 32.7 x 20.3 cm

English

Millar, Ross, 1875-1944 -- Correspondence.
Penfield, Wilder, 1891-1976 -- Correspondence.
Montreal Neurological Institute -- History.
Surgery, Military.
World War, 1939-1945.

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 Ross Millar to Wilder Penfield, June 4, 1942. [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 26, 2024 from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/penfieldfonds/fullrecord.php?ID=10009

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Millar, Ross, 1875-1944.

This letter is written on Department of Pensions and National Health stationary.

Valediction reads: "RM/MP".

A/N 10-2