Dr. Wilder Penfield was a pioneering Canadian ______.
Answer: Brain surgeon.
Dr. Wilder Penfield was a pioneering brain surgeon at McGill University in Montreal.
All answer choices
- Brain surgeon. (correct answer)
- Heart surgeon.
- Chemist.
- Astronaut.
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