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Sept. 25, 1911. Princeton tackle (and later noted brain surgeon) Wilder Graves Penfield. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
Penfield was the founder and first director of the world famous Montreal Neurological Institute. That's where he developed the Montreal Procedure used in treating severe epilepsy.
What a pleasant surprise! Wilder Penfield was a genius -- one of the first to map areas of the brain in the 1950s -- he worked with patients who had uncontrollable epileptic seizures. Also allowed behind the Iron Curtain to treat bigwigs. One scientist who had a stroke led Penfield to theorize that people in comas are actually "there" but unable to communicate until the damaged areas of the brain clear. Sorry to ramble on -- but what a treat to find out he was a footballer and quite handsome as well. Dang!
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