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 dr . theodore rasmussen was a canadian neurosurgeon , neurologist , and neuropathologist who primarily specialized in the treatment and histopathology of epilepsy . 
 in addition to his eponym ,  rasmussen syndrome  , a chronic form of encephalitis accompanied by epilepsy , his contributions included the refinement of neurosurgical techniques , thoroughly cataloguing outcomes following surgery for epilepsy , and cortical mapping studies conducted with dr . 
 wilder penfield . 
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