Phineas Gage facts for kids

Gage holding the iron that impaled his skull in 1849
Phineas P. Gage (July 9, 1823 – May 21, 1860) was an American railroad construction foreman. He is known for his unlikely survival of an accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head, destroying much of his brain's left frontal lobe. This caused effects on his personality and behavior over the remaining 12 years of his life.
Gage was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He died on May 21, 1860 in the San Francisco Bay Area from status epilepticus (a form of a seizure), aged 36.
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A diagram of Gage's skull after being impaled by the iron -
Gage's skull on display at Harvard University
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Bigelow presented Gage to the elite Boston Society for Medical Improvement in 1849. In this 1853 Society portrait Oliver Wendell Holmes is seated second from left.
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Memorial plaque, Cavendish, Vermont
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