Phineas Gage
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Phineas P. Gage (1823–1860) wis an American railwey construction foreman remembered for his improbable[B1]:19 survival o an accident in that a lairge airn rod wis driven completely throu his heid, destroyin muckle o his harn's left frontal lobe, an for that injure's reportit effects on his personality an behaviour ower the remainin twal years o his life—effects sufficiently profoond (for a time at least) that friends saw him as "na langer Gage." [H]:14
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Phineas P. Gage | |
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Gage an his "constant companion"—his inscribed tampin airn—sometime efter 1849, seen in the portrait (identified 2009) that "exploded the common eemage o Gage as a dirty, disheveled misfit." [K] | |
Born | Julie 9, 1823 (date uncertain) Grafton Coonty, New Hampshire[lower-alpha 1] |
Dee'd | 21 Mey 1860(1860-05-21) (aged 36) In or near San Francisco |
Cause o daith | Status epilepticus |
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Kent for | Personality cheenge efter harn injure |
Hame toun | Lebanon, New Hampshire[lower-alpha 1] |
Hauf-marrae(s) | None |
Bairns | None[M]:39,319,327[7] |
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