Wilder Penfield, Foreward to the Quotes

A collection of quotes by Wilder Penfield, Foreward to the.

Wilder Penfield was a Canadian neurosurgeon and pioneering researcher in the field of epilepsy. Born on January 26, 1891, in Spokane, Washington, he spent most of his career at the Montreal Neurological Institute in Canada. Penfield's groundbreaking work involved mapping the brain's functions, particularly those related to epilepsy, by stimulating different areas of the brain in awake patients. He developed the technique of cortical stimulation and created the Penfield homunculus, a map representing the regions of the brain responsible for controlling different parts of the body. His contributions to neurosurgery and neuroscience have greatly advanced our understanding of brain function.