Canadian journal of health history = Revue canadienne d'histoire de la santeHistory20th CenturyCorrespondence as TopicHumansNeurosurgeons
Place and Space in the Letters of Wilder Penfield and Jean Jefferson Penfield.
Annmarie Adams
Published: 202510.3138/cjhh.702-062024-01
Abstract
This essay explores letters between the neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield and his mother, Jean Jefferson Penfield, from his childhood to her death in 1935. I probe the role of the maternal bond in the famous physician's life to theorize this highly distin…
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