An odd kind of fame : stories of Phineas Gage

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"In 1848 a railway construction worker named Phineas Gage suffered an accident ... : an explosion [that] caused a tamping iron to be blown completely through his head, destroying the left frontal lobe of his brain. Gage survived the accident and remained in reasonable physical health for anothe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Macmillan, Malcolm, 1929-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000.
Series:A Bradford book
Subjects:
Gage, Phineas > Health.
Gage, Phineas
Gage, Phineas.
Brain damage > Patients > United States > Biography.
Split brain > History.
Psychosurgery > History.
Brain > Localization of functions > History.
Head Injuries, Penetrating > history
Brain > physiology
General Surgery > history
Head Injuries, Penetrating > surgery
Personnes atteintes de lésions cérébrales > États-Unis > Biographies.
Cerveau dédoublé > Histoire.
Psychochirurgie > Histoire.
Localisation cérébrale > Histoire.
Brain damage > Patients.
Brain > Localization of functions.
Health.
Psychosurgery.
Split brain.
Schädel-Hirn-Trauma.
Hersenbeschadiging.
Gedragsverandering.
Persoonlijkheidskenmerken.
United States
United States.
Biography
Student Collection.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.

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Minnesota State University Moorhead

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Minneapolis College

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University of Minnesota

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