Image: Phineas Gage Cased Daguerreotype WilgusPhoto2008-12-19 EnhancedRetouched Color

Description: Photograph of cased-daguerreotype studio portrait of brain-injury survivor Phineas P. Gage (1823–1860) shown holding the tamping iron which injured him. Includes view of original embossed brass mat. From the collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus. Like most daguerreotypes, the image seen in this artifact is laterally (left-right) reversed; therefore a second, compensating reversal has been applied to produce this image, so as to show Gage as he appeared in life. That this shows Gage correctly is confirmed by contemporaneous medical reports describing his injuries, as well as from the injuries visible in Gage's skull and life mask, still preserved. Digitally enhanced and manually retouched (see notes on talk page).
Title: Phineas Gage Cased Daguerreotype WilgusPhoto2008-12-19 EnhancedRetouched Color
Credit: Own work
Author: Photograph by Jack and Beverly Wilgus of daguerreotype originally from their collection, and now in the Warren Anatomical Museum, Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Enlarged using Waifu2x and retouched by Joe Haythornthwaite (see notes on talk page).
Permission: The copyright holder of this file, Jack and Beverly Wilgus, allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that the copyright holder is properly attributed. Redistribution, derivative work, commercial use, and all other use is permitted. Attribution: Originally from the collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus, and now in the Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard Medical School. Attribution
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