1943-01-24

This is a typewritten letter from the federal Minister of Pensions and National Health, Ian Mackenzie, to McGill University’s Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Frank Cyril James. In the letter, Mackenzie sets out five points concerning his department’s relationship with the Montreal Neurological Institute and how he expects that relationship to continue in the future. In particular, Mackenzie writes that his department was willing to continue paying the institute to care for military patients, but that it was unwilling to accept Dr. Penfield’s proposal for an expensive expansion of the institute, costing between three and four thousand dollars per new bed. This letter is dated January 4, 1943.

text.typescript.black and white 27.8 x 21.4 cm

English

Mackenzie, Ian Alistair, 1890-1949 -- Correspondence.
James, F. Cyril (Frank Cyril), 1903-1973 -- Correspondence.
Surgery, Military.
Montreal Neurological Institute -- History.
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 Ian Mackenzie to Frank Cyril James, January 4, 1943. [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=10029

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Mackenzie, Ian Alistair, 1890-1949.

There is a handwritten equation on the right side of the letter.

A/N 10-2