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BoneBox_Gage_004_ref.pdf
This is the 1869 reprint of Dr. Harlow's 1868 speech, Recovery from the Passage of an Iron Bar Through the Head, given at the Massachusetts Medical Society.The speech is a twenty year follow up after Harlow's inital speech about the Phineas Gage…

BoneBox_Gage_003_ref.pdf
Dr. Henry J. Bigelow helped with the excavation of Phineas Gage's skull to bring to Boston for further medical studies from his accident. The article provides a summary of the Phineas Gage case with the inclusion of notes he made throughout the…

BoneBox_Gage_002_ref.pdf
The first published article about Phineas Gage, originally given as a speech, by Dr. John M. Harlow. A detailed account of Gage's recovery following the accident is given. A mention of the accident is provided in the Medical Miscellany.

BoneBox_Gage_001_ref.pdf
Correspondence between Sir David Ferrier to Henry P. Bowditch with mention of the case of Phineas Gage as a subject for lecture and publication.

00012_013_006_ref.pdf
A photograph of the original Phineas Gage exhibit in the former Warren Anatomical Museum. Showcased is the skull of Phineas Gage, a life cast of Gage, and the tampan iron from the accident. The woman second in from the left is Annie Taft. Pictured to…

00012_010_001_ref.pdf
The entry marks the donation of the iron bar that went through Phineas Gage's head. Initially, the bar had been donated by Gage but then it was removed at his request in 1854. After Gage's death, Dr. Harlow obtained the bar with the approval of…

00012_013_003_ref.pdf
Dr. Henry J. Bigelow writes a letter to Dr. Jewett about Linn, a man with a similar case to Phineas Gage. Bigelow offers advice for different options on how Linn could live his life post accident. An alternative is to continue to study from Linn for…

00012_013_002_ref.jpg
A second Descriptive Catalogue was written for the Warren Anatomical Museum. Collection items were given new catalogued numbers for the 1870 publication. The new numbers were assigned categorically instead of chronological order. Entry level 3048…

00012_013_001_ref.jpg
The Warren Anatomical Museum contains the Descriptive Catalogue Volume One manuscript in the collection. This would have been the original museum intake record of the Gage related materials in the Warren Anatomical Museum collection. Entry 1527…

Gage Life Mask_WAM0950.jpg
Plaster head cast of a man with significant head trauma. Cast is attached to plaster pedestal base and the entire work is painted white.

WAM 21711_ref.jpg
Sixth plate (2 3/4" x 3 1/4") cased daguerreotype of post-injury Phineas Gage. Portrait-style image depicts Gage holding the tamping iron that caused his 1848 frontal lobe injury. Bar marked with inscription from the Warren Anatomical Museum. As with…

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