Phineas Gage

Phineas Gage was an American railroad constructor, he was born July 9 1823, and he died on May 21 1860. This typical railroad constructor is known and remembered for his amazing survival to a deadly accident. on September 13, 1848, while preparing the roadbed for the Rutland and Burlington railroad outside the town of Cavendish, Gage's duty was to add blasting powder, a fuse, and sand then compact the charge into the hole using a large iron rod. The powder exploded making the iron rod  go through his head. The iron entered on the side of his face, passing back of the left eye and out on the top of the head. This accident caused pressure upon his brain. Once when his wound was being examined, Gage comited and because of the pressure half a teacup of his brain fell on the floor. The pressure on his brain left him semi-comatose from September 23 to October 3. It took him time to get up and do stuff but later on he was already walking around the house and going out. It was said that his attitude changed a lot because of this injury. Something in his brain was altered that made his attitude give a big switch. Human brains are categorized as well as other things to be organized. The way our body works is arranged in sections of the brain, his attitude changed because of the sections, that one was altered. Brain localization consists of he notion that aspects of behavior are mediated by different parts of the brain.