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RefNoEC/1943/13
Previous numbersCert XV, 61; A05542
LevelItem
TitlePenfield, Wilder Graves: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationDirector of the Montreal Neurological Institute. A neuro-surgeon of international reputation who has carried out original and valuable research on the histopathology of the brain, on the innervation of its blood vessels and on the localization of function in the cerebral hemispheres. His paper with Boldney on the 'Motor and Sensory Cortex in Man' is a distinguished contribution to neurology. As director of an active research institute he has inspired workers in many branches of neurology.
ProposersE D Adrian; C S Sherrington; E G T Liddell; W E Le Gros Clark; John S B Stopford; Bryan H C Matthews
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Penfield, Wilder Graves: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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CodePersonNameDates
NA1959Penfield; Wilder Graves (1891 - 1976)1891 - 1976
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