"Horrible accident" in Vermont -- What we thought about how we thought -- Following Phineas Gage -- Putting Phineas together again
Summary
Through the case history of Phineas Gage, a 19th century Vermonter who had an iron bar driven through his brain and lived, the book examines what is known of brain function.
Audience
1030 Lexile.
1030L Lexile
Study Program
Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.4 2 59708
Accelerated Reader UG 7.4 2 59708
Summary
Tells the story of Phineas Gage, a railroad construction foreman who survived eleven years after an accident in which a thirteen-pound iron rod shot through his brain.