Phineas Gage

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Phineas_Gage
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:ageAtInjury 25
gptkbp:birthDate 1823-07-09
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Grafton_County,_New_Hampshire,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace Lone Mountain Cemetery, later moved to Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California
gptkbp:causeOfDeath status epilepticus
gptkbp:deathDate 1860-05-21
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:San_Francisco,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:deathYear 36
gptkbp:gender male
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Phineas Gage
gptkbp:injuryDate 1848-09-13
gptkbp:injuryDescription iron tamping rod passed through his skull and brain
gptkbp:knownFor changes in personality after brain injury
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableFor case study in neuroscience
surviving a severe brain injury
gptkbp:occupation railroad construction foreman
gptkbp:skullPreservedAt gptkb:Warren_Anatomical_Museum,_Harvard_Medical_School
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:John_Martyn_Harlow
gptkbp:subjectOf books
documentaries
museum exhibits
numerous medical and psychological studies
gptkbp:survivedInjury true
gptkbp:tampingRodPreservedAt gptkb:Warren_Anatomical_Museum,_Harvard_Medical_School
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cypress_Lawn_Memorial_Park,_Colma,_California
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4