Phineas Gage

Phineas Gage

Phineas gage was born July 9, 1823in Grafton Country, New hampshire

by Beau Bouthillier

Phineas Gage was a railroad constructer, he sufferd from a horribal accident, he was packing exposives in a hole to blow up some stone to clear a railroad and the metal rode he was using to pack the exposives in slipt from his hands and caused the explosives to blow up and shot the metal pole straight threw his head and his brain

Author: John Flieshman

Facts1. the parts of gages brain that where affected sensed pain thats why when he was struck it wasnt very painfull2.three days after the accident happened he lost sight in his left eye3.soon after the docters treated him deliria set in on phineas4. within a few months he went back to work5.after he died his skull was sent to the museum of Massachusets Medical College Massachusets

This book is a biography of Phineas Gage

I thought this book was very intesting and it told a good story, and I would definetly recommend this book to eany one who loves intresting stories

The author used many pictures and captions to explain and help what the chapter ment to the reader, he also separated the story in chapters.

I can kind of relate to this story because when I broke my arm I was very scared and it hurt and phineas was probaly very scared also and he was in pain