This is a black and white image that appears at the front of many books on neurology or neurosurgery by Dr. Wilder Penfield and other authors from the Montreal Neurological Institute which were printed during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. The image consists of a brain, as seen from the front, which is overlaid by a crossed hand drill and a hammer with triangular head, as well as a caduceus which appears vertical in the middle of the crossed drill and hammer.

image.figure (illustration).black and white 16.5 x 28.0 cm

English

Signs and symbols.
Caduceus.
Montreal Neurological Institute -- History.

Wilder Penfield Digital Collection

Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series E (Events) -- Sub-Series E/VN (Events, visual Neuro)

Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University

Small brain icon, print. [Online image]. Wilder Penfield Digital Collection Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series E (Events) -- Sub-Series E/VN (Events, visual Neuro) . Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University . Retrieved April 25, 2024 from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/penfieldfonds/fullrecord.php?ID=9721

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