Face to face with Phineas Gage

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 340-345

  Wilgus, Jack ^a   Wilgus, Beverly ^a  

^a Photographers and Photographic Collectors   (United States)

Author keywords

Daguerreotype; History; Phineas Gage; Tamping iron; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; FOREIGN BODY; HEAD INJURY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; RAILWAY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; FOREIGN BODIES; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE IN ART; PHOTOGRAPHY; RAILROADS; VERMONT;

EID: 74949122478     PISSN: 0964704X     EISSN: 17445213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647040903018402     Document Type: Article

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