Warning: Use of undefined constant referer - assumed 'referer' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 102

Warning: Use of undefined constant host - assumed 'host' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 105

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 106

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 109
Phineas Gage - Papers

Phineas Gage

Jennifer Diaz
Instructor Sondra Esposito
PY 3150
September 24, 2014

Phineas Gage

I chose to write about Phineas Gage for my brain injury case study. Phineas Gage was born July 1823 in New Hampshire. Phineas became a blasting foreman on railway construction projects. He participated in the Hudson River Railroad construction in New York and was known as an efficient and capable foreman who persisted in finishing all his plans of operations. Today he is referred to as one of the most famous patients in neuroscience

On September 13, 1848, the 25-year-old Gage was working as the foreman of a crew preparing a railroad bed for the Rutland & Burlington Railroad near Cavendish, ...

Want to read the rest of this paper?
Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay
and over 50,000 other term papers

reportedly landing some 80 feet away.

Amazingly, not only did Phineas survive the brain injury but he was even able to speak and walk within minutes after the injury occurred! Dr. Edward H. Williams was the first physician to see Phineas after the injury. The following is the description made by Dr. William about the examination:

"I first noticed the wound upon the head before I alighted from my carriage, the pulsations of the brain being very distinct. Mr. Gage, during the time I was examining this wound, was relating the manner in which he was injured to the bystanders. I did not believe Mr. Gage's statement at that time, but thought he was deceived. Mr. Gage persisted in saying that the bar went through his head... Mr. G. got up and vomited; the effort of vomiting pressed out about half a teacupful of the brain, which fell upon the floor."

Dr. John Martyn Harlow soon took over the case and it is through his observations of the injury and descriptions of Phineas' ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays.
Write better papers. Get better grades.

Already a member? Login

CITE THIS PAGE:

APA
MLA
Chicago
Turabian

Phineas Gage. (2014, October 10). Retrieved January 19, 2026, from http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Phineas-Gage/104428

"Phineas Gage." Essayworld.com. Essayworld.com, 10 Oct. 2014. Web. 19 Jan. 2026. <http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Phineas-Gage/104428>

"Phineas Gage." Essayworld.com. October 10, 2014. Accessed January 19, 2026. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Phineas-Gage/104428.

JOIN NOW

Join today and get instant access to this and 50,000+ other essays

PAPER DETAILS

Added: 10/10/2014 07:28:17 AM
Submitted By: alternative
Category: Health & Medicine
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 912
Pages: 4

Save |