https://padlet.com/203084/phineasgagebraintrauma By Josie Pemberton and Rian Donahue en-us 2018-02-28 18:46:16 UTC 2025-12-31 05:26:58 UTC hello@padlet.com 203712 https://padlet.com/203084/phineasgagebraintrauma/wish/236948530 In 1848, at age 25, Phineas Gage was a foreman of a crew who cut railroads. He is remembered for surviving his traumatic brain injury. On September 13th, a tampering iron that was 43 inches long and 1.25 inches in diameter and weighing almost 14 pounds shot upward and penetrated Gage's cheek, and tore through his brain and exited out of the back of his skull. Gage remain conscious and was even able to tell doctors, "Here is business enough for you"
http://www.look4ward.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Gage-Dangerous-Brain.jpg
RD]]> 2018-03-01 15:09:06 UTC https://padlet.com/203084/phineasgagebraintrauma/wish/236948530 203712 https://padlet.com/203084/phineasgagebraintrauma/wish/236962536 Injury that usually results from a violent blow to the head. In addition, a object that penetrates or impales the head can be a cause of a traumatic brain injury
https://www.genevainjurylaw.com/2017/08/traumatic-brain-injury-need-know/
RD]]> 2018-03-01 15:27:19 UTC https://padlet.com/203084/phineasgagebraintrauma/wish/236962536 203712 https://padlet.com/203084/phineasgagebraintrauma/wish/237246430 Physical Symptoms:
-Loss of consciousness 
-Persistent headache 
-Nausea or vomiting 
-Convulsions or seizures 
-Dilation of pupils 
-Inability to waken from coma 
-Loss of coordination 

Cognitive Symptoms:
-Profound confusion
-Slurred speech 
-Coma 
RD]]> 2018-03-02 01:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/203084/phineasgagebraintrauma/wish/237246430 203712 https://padlet.com/203084/phineasgagebraintrauma/wish/237249052 RD]]> 2018-03-02 01:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/203084/phineasgagebraintrauma/wish/237249052 203712 https://padlet.com/203084/phineasgagebraintrauma/wish/237249224 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/phineas-gage-neurosciences-most-famous-patient-11390067/
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/traumatic-brain-injury/symptoms-causes/syc-20378557
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/05/21/528966102/why-brain-scientists-are-still-obsessed-with-the-curious-case-of-phineas-gage]]> 2018-03-02 01:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/203084/phineasgagebraintrauma/wish/237249224 203084 https://padlet.com/203084/phineasgagebraintrauma/wish/237545431 -destroyed most of the left hemisphere of his brain (left side= creative)
-witnesses say his personality changed drastically as he used to be very kind and thoughtful, but after the injury he became rude, angry, and blunt]]> 2018-03-02 18:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/203084/phineasgagebraintrauma/wish/237545431