In 2009, a researcher discovered a daguerreotype of Phineas Gage holding the tamping iron that almost killed him. Wikimedia Commons Add this to the titles of books you don’t want written about you: ...

- Most exciting of all: the daguerreotype, showing a well-dressed, confident Gage Forget the frightening images of Phineas Gage. Instead, take inspiration from his true portrait: a shattered man who ...

Phineas Gage image: An article in Thursday’s Section A about the discovery of a daguerreotype showing brain-injury patient Phineas Gage said the iron rod driven into his skull by a blast was ...

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On September 13, 1848, a 25-year-old railroad worker named Phineas Gage triggered an explosion that propelled a 3 foot 7 inch iron rod straight through his skull, destroying a good portion of his ...

Phineas Gage is often referred to as the "man who began neuroscience." He experienced a traumatic brain injury when an iron rod was driven through his skull, destroying much of his frontal lobe. Gage ...