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Brain Injury

Phineas Gage: The Man Who Survived a Rod Through His Brain and Came Back Different

October 21, 2026 by The Ghost
Phineas Gage

Phineas Gage survived an iron rod through his skull in 1848. But what came back wasn’t quite the same man. His story still haunts neuroscience.

Categories Science & Medicine Tags 1840s, Brain Injury, Vermont
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