Letter from Wilder Penfield to Dr. Nolan D.C. Lewis, July 5, 1935.
Date:
1935-07-05
Description:
Typewritten letter from Wilder Penfield to Dr. Nolan D.C. Lewis. The letter is part of a formal request of financial assistance on a five-year basis for Penfield and Dr. William Cone in their study of "dementia praecox and an experimental study of the causes of the pathological lesions." He explains tissue culture-hormone research was abandoned because He and Cone did not feel knowledgeable enough to carry it out. Penfield also reports that Dr. Porteous, the Medical Superintendent of the Verdun Protestant Hospital, is eager to collaborate.
Physical Description:
text.typescript.black and white 28.0 x 21.5 cm
Language:
English

is Part Of:
Wilder Penfield Digital Collection

Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series A (Administration) -- Sub-Series A/N (Administration, Neuro)
Publisher:
Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
Citation:
Letter from Wilder Penfield to Dr. Nolan D.C. Lewis, July 5, 1935. [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 December 4, 2024 from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/penfieldfonds/fullrecord.php?ID=9834
Rights:
This material has been made available with the consent of the copyright holders and can be used in accordance with fair dealing provisions of Canadian copyright law. For more information, please contact the Osler Library of the History of Medicine.
Creator:
Penfield, Wilder Graves, 1891-1976.
Notes:
The hospital discussed in the proposal, the Verdun Protestant Hospital, has since become the Douglas Mental Health University Institute.

Typed at bottom left of page after the valediction: "WGP/HL. 1 encl."

Call Number:
A/N 16-1