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Phineas Gage : A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science Paperback - 2004
by John Fleischman
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Phineas Gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. Phineas, a railroad construction foreman, was blasting rock near Cavendish, Vermont, in 1848 when a thirteen-pound iron rod was shot through his brain. Miraculously, he survived to live another eleven years and become a textbook case in brain science. At the time, Phineas Gage seemed to completely recover from his accident. He could walk, talk, work, and travel, but he was changed. Gage “was no longer Gage,” said his Vermont doctor, meaning that the old Phineas was dependable and well liked, and the new Phineas was crude and unpredictable. His case astonished doctors in his day and still fascinates doctors today. What happened and what didn’t happen inside the brain of Phineas Gage will tell you a lot about how your brain works and how you act human.
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- Title Phineas Gage : A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science
- Author John Fleischman
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 96
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Boston
- Date 2004
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0618494782I3N00
- ISBN 9780618494781 / 0618494782
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 7.5 x 0.3 in (22.86 x 19.05 x 0.76 cm)
- Ages 10 to 12 years
- Grade levels 5 - 7
- Reading level 1030
- Library of Congress subjects Brain damage - Complications, Brain damage - Patients - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001039253
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
Phineas Gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. A railroad construction foreman, Phineas was blasting rock near Cavendish, Vermont, in 1848 when a thirteen-pound iron rod was shot through his brain. Miraculously, he survived another eleven years and became a textbook case in brain science. But he was forever changed by the accident, and what happened inside his brain will tell you a lot about how your brain works and what makes us who we are.
First line
The most unlucky/lucky moment in the life of Phineas Gage is only a minute or two away.