Phineas Gage: "Horrible Accident in Vermont"

A tamping iron is used for 

• putting holes in the ground
• used for blasting in underground mines
• used for setting ("packing") explosives

T or F: The tamping iron entered just below his left cheekbone, passed behind his left eyeball, and continued on upward through his frontal lobe.

• True
• False

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Immediately after the accident, Phineas could best be described as...

• bleeding but alert and conscious
• unconscious and in shock
• near death

T or F: The tamping iron was lodged in Phineas' head and Dr. Harlow had to carefully remove it so he could clean the wound.

• True
• False

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 Why was it good that Phineas had an open brain injury?

• The hole in the skull gave the brain room to swell
• All the bleeding helped get rid of the infection
• Phineas thought it was cool to have a hole in his head

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 Why was it bad that Phineas had an open brain injury?

• He continued to lose blood
• The swelling could ultimately kill him
• His brain was wide open to infection

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Phineas gets an infection but the doctors can't do much for him because they don't know about _____________ yet.

• cells
• antibiotics
• microscopes
• bacteria

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Doctors from what famous university hear about Phineas and want to meet him?

• Harvard
• Yale
• Cornell
• Princeton

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Phineas wants to go back to work for the railroad. What happens when he returns to work?

• He picks up right where he left off
• He is nasty, insulting, unreliable and gets fired
• He gets promoted to head foreman

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Dr. Harlow wants to believe that Phineas made a "full recovery" but what makes him realize Phineas is not "himself"?

• Phineas looks different
• Phineas can't remember his family
• Phineas won't sell his pocketful of pebbles for $1,000

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