Phineas Gage Essays

The Case of Phineas Gage On September 13th, 1848, Phineas Gage was the victim of an unbelievable accident (Costandi, 2006). Gage was a railroad construction worker, working on the Rutland and Burlington Railroad (Costandi, 2006). The accident was due to an explosion which caused a tamping iron to launch through Gage’s skull (Costandi, 2006). Gage was taken to a doctor, but since there was not much medical knowledge during this time period, the doctor only cleaned his wounds and covered them with

A Crude Frontal Lobotomy: The study of Phineas Gage. The idea that man can change another man’s personality by merely altering sections of the brain is an interesting yet crude part of scientific history. This is known as lobotomy, specifically a frontal lobotomy. This was meant to be performed under medical supervision for possibly a couple hours but for Phineas Gage was done in an instant in a very rough manner. Gage would never be the same after a tampering rod was launched at high velocity

Imagine that you were Phineas Gage's coworker looking at a huge iron rod go through the pointy end of a rod enter his left cheekbone, pass behind his left eye, through the front of his brain, and out the middle of his forehead just above the hairline. Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science mentions the process of how the accident happened and the recovery after the accident, the Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of a Teenage Brain then cites the process of a teenage brain

examples of traumatic brain injury survivors are Phineas Gage and Tracy Morgan. Both survived their accident, and they both were given a second chance at life. However, their lives were forever changed. Phineas Gage was in a railroad blasting accident when his tamping iron struck some black powder. The explosion then sent the tamping iron through Phineas’s head. Phineas should have died in many ways. To demonstrate this, there is a quote saying, “Phineas should have died long before this. A thirteen

Phineas Gage, Douglas Mawson, and Henrietta Lacks have devoted themselves to science and pushing human knowledge whether they wanted to or not. Sadly, these three suffered their fair share of hardships during their sacrifice for the future of modern knowledge. Phineas Gage had what one might say “a gruesome turn of events” as an explosive went off, sending a metal rod through the side of his head causing massive damage to the frontal lobe of his brain. Douglas Mawson was on a journey through Antarctica

Nonfiction Critique: Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science John Fleischman’s book, Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science published by the Houghton Mifflin Company in Boston in 2002, is an intriguing retelling of the almost unbelievable event that literally changed the man named Phineas Gage. The author reconstructions for the reader the events that transpire before and after an iron spear-like object is rocketed through the head of Phineas Gage and how the man

Phineas Gage was an American Construction worker known for surviving a fatal accident. This accident occurred when he was trying to pack explosives in a hole with a tampering iron. The powder exploding while he packing and proceeded to pierce through his entire head. Although he lost his left eye it seemed he had not lost all hope. He was fully conscious in a few minutes even performing normal functions. He walked into town as greeted the doctor with “doctor here is enough business for you”. The

Can you imagine an iron rod going through your head and surviving? Phineas Gage lived for 11 years after having the unfortunate brain injury. (chap 1, para 2)In the novel A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman we learn about Phineas’s behavior changes. After the brain injury he is still alive, but he acts differently. That is similar to adolescents because their brains are still developing, and their actions are very similar to his.Phineas’s behavior is similar to an adolescent

Phineas P. Gage is a great example of people misinterpreting the true meaning of having a mental condition. Phineas Gage was an American railroad foreman, his job included packing explosive charges into the ground to make way for a new track. Unfortunately in 1848, an explosive charge blew too soon and sent an

ever heard of Henrietta Lacks, Phineas Gage, or Douglas Mawson? All of these people underwent major struggles for the sake of science, but one stands out more than the rest. Henrietta Lacks was a woman who died at age 31 due to cervical cancer; her cells helped form a multi-million dollar industry (“Immortal Cells, Enduring Issues”). Phineas Gage was a railroad worker who had once shoved a iron rod into a blasting hole, which caused the rod to shoot into his skull. Gage faced side effects from this

The Incredible Case of Phineas Gage Phineas Gage has one of the most interesting and famous brain injury cases. Gage was born in New Hampshire on July 9, 1823. At the time of his injury he was a 25 year old hardworking and capable railroad foreman. His injury and the repercussions of it, has answered many questions about the brain and the role in plays in our bodies. September 13th, 1848 started out like any other day on the railroad for Gage but it surely didn’t end that way. His crew was moving

defined as ‘Acting in a manner that caused or was likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more persons’ (http://www.police-foundation.org.uk). The case of Phineas Gage was a phenomenon which lead to a surge in research on the PFC and its functions. O’Driscoll and Leach (1998) published an article called ‘No longer Gage’ which reported Gage’s personality change after his prefrontal region was damaged by an iron pole being driven through his brain. They noted that his fellow co-workers

over was the Phineas Gage story, living (1823-1860) was a victim of a horrible accident in 1848. It is said that Phineas 's injuries helped scientists comprehend more about the brain and how humans behave, his story is also known as the “American Crowbar Case.” When Gage was only 25 years old he sustained an awful brain injury. This whole story made the public very curious and this also made a very important case for the scientists to try to help more understand how the brain works. Gage worked as a

Phineas Gage went through a very horrible accident. He was a railroad foreman who many people respected, especially in his field of work. But, after his accident at his work site in Vermont in 1848, it changed him in many ways. A tamping iron that went through his skull in the process of preparing for an explosion was what injured him forever, not just physically, but also mentally. Tamping means packing a blast hole full of clay or sand to concentrate the force of an explosion. He was a completely

Have you ever wondered what Phineas was like after his accident? We read the book Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleishman (“Putting Phineas Together Again”). Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (“The Right Sort of Risk”). Phineas Gage was struck through the cheek and frontal lobe with a metal rod. He is important because he lived for 11 and a half years after his accident. The things that are interesting to me are

change the course of history forever. Phineas Gage is “working on the railroad, all the live long day” when something goes wrong, and suddenly his thirteen-and-a-half-pound tamping iron shoots through his head. Phineas is very lucky to be alive, but this accident obviously causes some permanent damage to him, and more specifically, to his brain. This incident eventually kills him, but it takes eleven trial-filled years to do so. Some of the main issues Phineas deals with after the accident are never

something acts, feels, and thinks. In Phineas Gage: An Unusual But True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman, Phineas Gage was a man with a hole in his head due to an accident which caused him to act differently and change his actions forever. Adolescents don't have a developed brain, so just like Phineas, they act the same and are similar in many ways. Phineas and adolescents have similar behaviors, the parts of their brain that are damaged are different. Phineas illustrates the difference between

The Return of Phineas Gage: Clues About the Brain from the Skull of a Famous Patient “On 13 September 1848, Phineas P. Gage, a 25-year-old construction foreman for the Rutland and Burlington Railroad in New England, became the victim of a bizarre incident.” (Damasio, Grabowski, Frank, Galaburda, & Damasio, 1994). Due to an unfortunate accident while working on the railroad, a tamping iron over 3 and a half feet long blasted through Phineas Gage’s cheek, frontal lobe and out the top of his skull

someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good” (Brooke Shields). Phineas Gage is one of the earliest medical miracle. He was a railroad foreman that got a tamping iron shot through his head, but managed to squeeze eleven more years out of his life. Through all this adversity, he made many contributions to theories about

happened to me I would not want to live. Even though he made a full recovery he was totally different. His personality changed, I would not want to experience the pain he felt. On September 18, 1848, Phineas should have been dead, but he was not. The shock and trauma should have been enough, but it was not. Phineas was able to talk and walk. He was fully conscious. I can only imagine the pain that he was in, even though he did not show it. I would not want to survive this accident if it happened to me. Mostly