This is a typewritten letter from Professor J. Simpson of McGill’s Faculty of Medicine to Wilder Penfield. In the letter Dr. Simpson states that the faculty has received a bill for the additional feeding of cats housed at the Royal Victoria Hospital’s Animal House experimental facility. Dr. Simpson claims that such additional feedings and billing was unacceptable and that he has cancelled the charge and informed the people at the Animal House not to carry out such feedings in the future. The letter is dated June 25, 1930.

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Simpson, J.C., 1876-1944 -- Correspondence.
Penfield, Wilder, 1891-1976 -- Correspondence.
McGill University. Faculty of Medicine -- History.
Laboratory animals.

Wilder Penfield Digital Collection

Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series A (Administration) -- Sub-Series A/M (Administration, McGill)

Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University

Letter from J. Simpson to Wilder Penfield, June 25, 1930. [Online image]. Wilder Penfield Digital Collection Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series A (Administration) -- Sub-Series A/M (Administration, McGill) . Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University . Retrieved February 8, 2025 from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/penfieldfonds/fullrecord.php?ID=9880

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Simpson, J.C., 1876-1944.

This letter is written on McGill University, Faculty of Medicine, Office of the Dean stationary.

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