Phineas Gage : A Gruesome But True Story about Brain Science (Hardcover)

from JoseDelAguila

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 ...

from kivarson

In 1848, Phineas Gage gained the attention of the Medical society of New England after he managed to survive a railroad blasting accident which sent a thirteen-pound iron tamping rod through his cheek and up between the frontal lobes of his brain. John Fleischman enhances Gage's story by weaving ...

from debs4jc

Children's book but it tells a fascinating story. Way back when--around the time of the 'wild west'--a man working with explosives at a mine amazingly survived a horrific accident. A tamping rod was blown through his head! He survived but his personality was never the same. Science at the time co...

from abbylibrarian

In 1848 Phineas Gage had an accident while working putting down railroad tracks. Blasting powder exploded and thrust a tamping iron through his skull. The interesting thing about Phineas Gage is that he didn't die... but his personality was changed forever. His case is still being studied by psyc...

from smohri

The reviews for this book were very mixed, but I really enjoyed it. I would have liked to have read more about the changes in Gage's personality, but I thought the history on brain research was interesting and easy to understand. The pictures and illustrations certainly helped to bring the text a...