Tuesday, September 13, 2011
On this Date in 1848...
...Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives a 3-foot (0.91 m)-plus iron rod being driven through his head; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate thinking about the nature of the brain and its functions. His initial reaction was, "It kind of tickles a bit, and now I must kill you."
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