Phineas Gage, a railroad construction foreman, suffered a traumatic brain injury in 1848 when an iron rod was propelled through his head by an explosion. Though Gage survived for over a decade after the accident, the tamping iron's journey through his brain had a dramatic effect on his personality and behavior, turning him from a polite, even-tempered man into one who was irritable and profane. The document provides biographical details on Phineas Gage and quotes a description of his personality change from Dr. Harlow, who knew Gage before and after the accident.
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Phineas Gage Retrospettiva - Versione Corta
1. A Wonderful Journey
through Skull and Brains:
The Travels of Mr. Gage’s
Tamping Iron
di M. B. Macmillan
Monash University, Clayton,Victoria, Australia
2. Biographical Notes
• September 9, 1823: Phineas gage borns in Lebanon,
New Hampshire, son of Jesse E. Gage e Hannah
Sweatland, first of 5 children.
• September 13, 1848, 4.30 p.m.: the crowbar starts
traveling...
• May 20, 5 1861 a.m.: He has a very severe sezure
• Phineas dies after a day and a night having
convulsions...
“10 p.m., May 21, 1861 - twelve years six months
and eight days after the date of his injury”
(Harlow, 1868)
