Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman

The True Story:The Accident: In 1848, twenty-six-year-old railroad foreman Phineas Gage was clearing rock in Cavendish, Vermont. An accidental explosion shot a thirteen-pound iron rod straight through his skull and brain. Amazingly, Gage stayed awake and walked to get help. He lived for nearly eleven more years. The Change: Gage recovered his physical health, but his personality shifted completely. The polite, friendly man became rude, impatient, and The Brain Science Early Neurology: Doctors at the time were shocked that Gage survived. His case became one of the first major clues about how specific parts of the brain control personality. The Book's Focus: Fleischman explains early brain theories like phrenology—the old practice of reading bumps on the skull—and connects Gage's injury to modern neuroscience.

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