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Phineas gage by john fleischman in which book is a man lucky with an injury because if it happened inches to the side it would be fatal. Town doctor john martyn harlow described gage as a perfectly healthy, strong and active young man. In 1848, gage had a massive iron bar shot straight through his head in an accident with blasting powder. Mar 25, 2002 phineas gage was truly a man with a hole in his head.
In september 1998, i went to the little town of cavendish, vermont, where they were having a festival to mark the 150th anniversary of phineas s accident. Phineas gage ebook by john fleischman rakuten kobo. At the time, phineas gage seemed to completely recover from his accident. A gruesome but true story about brain science is a childrens nonfiction book by john fleischman.
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