Phineas Gage. Photograph of Phineas P. Gage (1823–1860), an American railroad construction foreman known for his improbable survival of an accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head, destroying much of his brain's left frontal lobe.

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Photo originally from the collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus, and now in the Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard Medical School.

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Size: 2008px × 2673px
Photo credit: © IanDagnall Computing / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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