PEDIATRICS Vol. 4 No. 2 August 1949, pp. 157-162
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BIRTH INJURY, FOCAL EPILEPSY AND CORTICAL EXCISION

Case Report

WILDER PENFIELD M.D., F.R.S.1 and SAMUEL LIVINGSTON M.D.2

1 The Montreal Neurological Institute, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery of McGill University, Montreal, Canada,
2 The Department of Pediatrics of the Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore, Md.

This eight year old boy had a cerebral hemorrhage at birth. In spite of this, however, he held up his head at three weeks, sat alone at four months and mental development seemed to be normal until he reached six months of age. Recurring cerebral seizures

Submitted on December 8, 1948