175th anniversary: An explosion drove an iron rod through the head of railroad foreman Phineas Gage
History · Anniversaries · Wed, September 13, 2023
1848: An explosion drove an iron rod through the head of railroad foreman Phineas Gage; his survival and recovery influenced 19th-century discussion of psychology and neuroscience.
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