Skull of Phineas Gage (1823-1860)
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Title
Skull of Phineas Gage (1823-1860)
Alternative Title
Prepared human skull of Phineas Gage
Subject
Brain Injuries, Traumatic
skull
Head Injuries, Penetrating
Neuronal Plasticity
human remains
Description
Prepared human skull on an adult man with sectioned skull top and disarticulated mandible. Skull has healed fracture line through left orbit ending in large opening with partially healed skull flap.
Abstract
Injured and partially healed skull of Phineas Gage
Creator
None
Source
Harlow, J. M. (John Martyn), 1819-1907
Date Created
1867-1868
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Osteological Preparation: Human
Format
object
Extent
1
Medium
bone (material)
Type
physical object
Identifier
Warren Anatomical Museum Catalog Number: 00949
Provenance
Skull was exhumed from Phineas Gage's grave in San Francisco in 1867, with permission from his mother, Hannah Trussell Swetland Gage. Swetland Gage gave the skull to Phineas Gage's former physician, John Martyn Harlow. Harlow donated the skull, with the tamping iron the caused the injury to the skull, to the Warren Anatomical Museum in 1868.
Files
Collection
Citation
None, “Skull of Phineas Gage (1823-1860),” OnView, accessed April 24, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/26375.