Author : Lisa Redfern
Publisher : Little Mountain Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780965599887
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (998 download)
Book Synopsis Phases of Gage by : Lisa Redfern
Download or read book Phases of Gage written by Lisa Redfern and published by Little Mountain Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An explosion shoots a thirteen-pound iron rod through the head of twenty-five-year-old construction foreman, Phineas Gage. Hurled to the ground, Phineas convulses but remains conscious. He says he doesn't feel pain. When the accident occurred, Phineas was laying track on the Rutland & Burlington Railroad in Vermont. The year was 1848. One of the 'great' medical curiosities of all time, Phineas's head injury may have been the first case to link brain studies with human personality. In this novella, Phineas, his sister, and her husband share their experiences during the years after Phineas's accident. Their stories tell: how the family coped with Phineas's head injury, the challenges of traveling to California with him, and how his skull and tamping iron came to be on display in a Harvard Museum. Based on a true story and known facts (at the time of writing), this work of fiction brings contemporary emotional qualities to the people who experienced a family tragedy that became a historic event. The Case of Phineas Gage is still commonly studied by neurology and psychology students today.