Entries on Phineas Gage in the Descriptive Catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum, Volume Two

Entries on Phineas Gage in the Descriptive Catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum, Volume Two

Gage, Phineas

Warren Anatomical Museum

Skull

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 discusses the skull and entry 3049 discusses the iron bar.

Description for the skull of Phineas Gage and Iron Bar

Warren Anatomical Museum

1868-1870

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Warren Anatomical Museum Records, Series 00012: II. Collection Registration Records, 1835-1996, undated., 1835-1996,r, box number 13

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Descriptive Catalogue (1 page)

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3048 949 The cranium of a man, tho’ whose head an iron bar was driven (3049) 1868.

3049 The iron bar (3048). 1868.