Phineas Gage
Subtitle: a gruesome but true story about brain science
By: by John Fleischman.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
Subjects: Gage, Phineas -- Mental health -- Juvenile literature; Brain damage -- Patients -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Brain damage -- Complications -- Juvenile literature; Personality disorders -- Etiology -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Mental health; Juvenile literature; Patients; Biography; Complications; Etiology
Description: Through the case history of Phineas Gage, a 19th century Vermonter who had an iron bar driven through his brain and lived, the book examines what is known of brain function.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [80]-81) and index.