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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feindel, William, author.

Leblanc, Richard (Neurosurgeon), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Montreal Neurological Institute--History.

Montreal Neurological Institute.

Citizens Association for Racial Equality.

Research institutes--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History.

Research institutes.

Brain--Research--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History.

Brain.

Brain--Diseases--Patients--Care--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History.

Neurosciences--Research--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History.

Neurosciences.

Academies and Institutes--history.

Neurosciences--history.

Brain Diseases--history.

Patient Care--history.

Research--history.

Neurosciences--Research.

History.

Brain--Diseases--Patients.

Brain--Diseases.

Brain--Research.

Quebec.

Medical Subjects:

Academies and Institutes--history.

Neurosciences--history.

Brain Diseases--history.

Patient Care--history.

Research--history.

Quebec.

Physical Description:

xiv, 632 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

1 Wilder Penfield: His Journey to Montreal / William Feindel Feindel, William, Elizabeth Maloney Maloney, Elizabeth 3

2 Towards a New Venture / William Feindel Feindel, William, Elizabeth Maloney Maloney, Elizabeth 18

Part 1 The Sub-Department of Neurosurgery at the Royal Victoria Hospital, 1928-1933

3 Otfrid Foerster and the Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy 29

4 The Royal Victoria Hospital 40

5 The First Research Program at the Royal Victoria Hospital: A Vasomotor Mechanism of Focal Epilepsy 64

Part 2 The First Director, 1934-1959

6 The Founding of the Montreal Neurological Institute 79

7 The First Year and the Second 97

8 Elvidge, McNaughton, and Jasper 114

9 Rumours of War 129

10 "Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the dogs of war" 144

11 Home Front 157

12 Life at the Institute 169

13 Valour 178

14 The Postwar Period 193

15 The Cerebral Cortex of Man 205

16 Incisural Sclerosis 222

17 Bridging Two Solitudes 232

18 The New Half-Century 239

19 The MNI and the National Institutes of Health 250

20 The McConnell Wing 257

21 William Feindel's Departure 270

22 Neuropsychology at the MNI 279

23 A Tribute to William Cone 297

24 Melancholia: 4 May 1959 302

Part 3 The Second Director, 1960-1972

25 Twenty-Five Years on University Street 309

26 Theodore Rasmussen 321

27 Penfield in Russia 333

28 Penfield in China 341

29 Red Cerebral Veins 347

30 Herbert Jasper's Departure 360

31 A Rainbow of African Violets 374

Part 4 The Third Director, 1972-1984

32 A Fair Trial Followed by a Hanging 389

33 Ars Tonga 400

34 Vita Brevis, 5 April 1976 412

35 The Third Foundation 415

36 The Last Half-Decade 423.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780773546370

0773546375

OCLC:

908628867