The Wounded Brain Healed : The Golden Age of the Montreal Neurological Institute, 1934-1993

The history of the Montreal Neurological Institute from its conceptualization and realization through its first fifty years. Cover The Wounded Brain Healed Title Copyright Contents Contributors Acknowledgments Foreword Prologue 1 Wilder Penfield: His Journey to Montreal 2 Towards a New Venture 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 toWilliam 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 2 Neurochemistry at the MNI 3 Multiple Sclerosis: Care and Research at the MNI 4 William Howard Feindel and the Origins of Neurosurgery in Saskatchewan Appendices Appendix 1 Japanese Chapter of the MNI, 1955–1984 Appendix 2 Fellows Day Lecturers, 1957–1984 Appendix 3 Hughlings Jackson Lecturers, 1935–1984 Notes 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 "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."--Résumé de l'éditeur In 1934 Wilder Penfield's vision of an establishment dedicated to the relief of sickness and pain and the study of neurology led 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.