The wounded brain healed : the golden age of the Montreal Neurological Institute, 1934-1984 / William Feindel and Richard Leblanc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In 1934 Wilder Penfield's vision of an establishment dedicated to the relief of sickness and pain and the study of neurology lead to the creation of the Montreal Neurological Institute. Setting the standard for neurological research and care for patients disabled by neurological illnesses, Penfield's institute became a beacon of light in a largely unexplored field of medicine. The Wounded Brain Healed describes the pioneering research that took place during the MNI's first fifty years. During the institute's golden age, Penfield and his colleagues designed the EEG test for the study of epileptic patients, discovered some of the causes of epilepsy, and developed new treatments that have since been adopted worldwide. Additionally, they delineated the sensory and motor representation in the cerebral cortex and localized the major areas of the brain related to speech. The institute also boasts the discoveries of two types of memory--one serving immediate recall, the other long term--as well as the discovery of the localization of short-term memory to the inner structures of the temporal lobe. Physicians and scientists who trained at the MNI went on to establish renowned neurology and neurosurgery departments throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Recounting the story of one of Canada's greatest contributions to international medical science through archival research, personal interviews, photographs, illustrations, and paintings, The Wounded Brain Healed provides fascinating insight into the institution that had a global and lasting impact."-- Provided by publisher.

1 Wilder Penfield: His Journey to Montreal / William Feindel and Elizabeth Maloney -- 2 Towards a New Venture / William Feindel and Elizabeth Maloney -- Part One The Sub-Department of Neurosurgery at the Royal Victoria Hospital, 1928-1933 -- 3 Otfrid Foerster and the Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy -- 4 The Royal Victoria Hospital -- 5 The First Research Program at the Royal Victoria Hospital: A Vasomotor Mechanism of Focal Epilepsy.

Part Two The First Director, 1934-1959. 6 The Founding of the Montreal Neurological Institute -- 7 The First Year and the Second -- 8 Elvidge, McNaughton, and Jasper -- 9 Rumours of War -- 10 "Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the dogs of war" -- 11 Home Front -- 12 Life at the Institute -- 13 Valour -- 14 The Postwar Period -- 15 The Cerebral Cortex of Man -- 16 Incisural Sclerosis -- 17 Bridging Two Solitudes -- 18 The New Half-Century -- 19 The MNI and the National Institutes of Health -- 20 The McConnell Wing -- 21 William Feindel's Departure -- 22 Neuropsychology at the MNI -- 23 A Tribute to William Cone -- 24 Melancholia: 4 May 1959.

Part Three The Second Director, 1960-1972. 25 Twenty-Five Years on University Street -- 26 Theodore Rasmussen -- 27 Penfield in Russia -- 28 Penfield in China -- 29 Red Cerebral Veins -- 30 Herbert Jasper's Departure -- 31 A Rainbow of African Violets.

Part Four The Third Director, 1972-1984. 32 A Fair Trial Followed by a Hanging -- 33 Ars Longa -- 34 Vita Brevis, 5 April 1976 -- 35 The Third Foundation -- 36 The Last Half-Decade -- Epilogue: The Boy from Bridgewater.

Themes. 1 Building the Institute / Annmarie Adams and William Feindel -- 2 Neurochemistry at the MNI / Hanna M. Pappius -- 3 Multiple Sclerosis: Care and Research at the MNI / Jack Antel and William Sheremata -- 4 William Howard Feindel and the Origins of Neurosurgery in Saskatchewan / Martha Riesberry -- Appendices. Appendix 1 Japanese Chapter of the MNI, 1955-1984 -- Appendix 2 Fellows Day Lecturers, 1957-1984 -- Appendix 3 Hughlings Jackson Lecturers, 1935-1984.

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