The Mind & Brain of Phineas Gage

In 1848, railroad construction foreman Phineas Gage survived a traumatic brain event that defied medical certainty, when a metal rod impaled his skull. Gage's life was never the same, and the accounts of his personality changes after the accident accelerated understanding of the function of the brain and its elasticity. “Meet” Phineas Gage at the Saint Albans Museum | Local News | samessenger.com Notable Warren Anatomical Museum Holdings | Countway Library Skull of Phineas Gage | NIH 3D Print Exchange The Case of Phineas Gage (1823 - 1860) · Beyond the Bone Box · OnView: Digital Collections & Exhibits The Phineas Gage information page : The University of Akron, Ohio A Visit With Phineas Gage And His Legendary Skull A New View of Phineas Gage The daguerreotype of Phineas Gage connects viewers to the man behind the story Phineas Gage neuroscience case: True story of famous frontal lobe patient is better than textbook accounts. Follow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at themorbidmuseum@gmail.com Artwork: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod 2022 All Rights Reserved