A railroad construction foreman, phineas was blasting rock near cavendish, vermont, in 1848 when a thirteenpound iron rod was shot through his brain. Miraculously, he survived to live another eleven years and become a textbook case in brain science. A gruesome but true story about brain science by john fleischman. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. A gruesome but true story about brain science published by the houghton mifflin company in boston in 2002, is an intriguing retelling of the almost unbelievable event that literally changed the man named phineas gage. Phineas gage by john fleischman, john fleischman, 2002, houghton mifflin edition, in english.
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In september 1998, i went to the little town of cavendish, vermont, where they were having a festival to mark the 150th anniversary of phineas s accident. In 1848, phineas gage was just a normal man in cavendish, vermont, working as a railroad construction foreman when a thirteenpound iron rod shot through his brain. In 1848, phineas gage gained the attention of the medical society of new england after he managed to survive a railroad blasting accident which sent a thirteenpound iron tamping rod through his cheek and up between the frontal lobes of his brain. Phineas gage chautauquacattaraugus library system overdrive. A gruesome but true story about brain science, answered questions posed by students what made you want write a childrens book about this gruesome topic. Mar 25, 2002 science writer john fleischman uses a clipped, engaging expository style to tell the incredible story of the railroad worker who, in 1848, survived the piercing blast of a pound iron rod as it entered below his cheekbone and exited the front of his skull in phineas gage. A gruesome but true story about brain scienceby john fleischman. A gruesome but true story about brain science by john fleischman in an online format. Fleischman relates gages horrible accident and the subsequent events in the present tense, giving immediacy to the text. At the time, phineas gage seemed to completely recover from his accident. I have started a blog for our class to discuss phineas gage. Phineas gage ebook by john fleischman 9780547350387.
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But he was forever changed by the accident, and what. The reading text for this course will be john fleischmans phineas gage. A gruesome but true storyabout brain science fleischman, john isbn. Phineas gage was truly a man with a hole in his head. John fleischman enhances gage s story by weaving in current scientific information about the brain.
First published in 2004 by hmh books for young readers, the book tells the story of the infamous railroad construction worker who survived a hole in. In a readable, narrative style, the author tells the story of a railroad construction foreman in 1848 who was shot through the skull with a pound iron rod and went home to wait for the doctor. In phineas gage john fleischman chronicles the adult life of a man who has the extreme misfortune to experience an iron rod fly through his head and out the top of his skull. His job was to blast through the granite bedrock so his crew could dig out the. A gruesome but true story about brain science john fleischman s book, phineas gage.
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