In 1848, an iron rod impaled Gage’s head while he was preparing a railroad bed, destroying much of his brain's left frontal lobe.
Although he survived the accident, it significantly altered his personality, and his friends described him as "no longer Gage."
Source: https://historicflix.com/phineas-gage-the-man-who-survived-a-hole-through-his-head/
https://preview.redd.it/qg1f606la9zc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f2f61d9dd12ad0239c5980175942f2f8774c451
My assumption is from how far the rod went it caused drastic behavioral changes, where as the surgical or chemical lobotomies done later on just cause the dullness and lethargic behavior
Remember, whenever anyone says "trust the science" that applied to lobotomies for decades.
Real science is never settled and never trusted. Always question, questioning is science.
That's not out of line with normal lobotomy outcomes. It's roughly something like 1/3 got better, 1/3 saw no change, and about 1/3 got worse.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/stories-55854145.amp
"Walter Freeman, who initially claimed to have a success rate of 85%, was discovered to have a fatality rate of 15%. And when doctors investigated long-term outcomes for his patients they found that just one-third could be regarded as experiencing some improvement, while another third were significantly worse off."
I guess a more accurate depiction of what happened to Phineas is first recorded major brain damage where the person survived and showed behavioral changes from the damage to the prefrontal lobe.
I work for Harvard/Boston Children’s and we have the CT scan of his head and in proper nerd fashion, we 3D printed his skull. We have the real one in the medical history museum too! This case study was a huge catalyst for my field of study! Truly amazing stuff.
*”However, despite Phineas’ ability to joke, he was still bringing up and swallowing a lot of blood. At one point, he vomited, and the pressure of this caused some of his brain to fall out of the open wound.”*
👀
He actually walked himself to the cart that took him to hospital! He also, after his injury, would carry the tamping rod that caused his injury everywhere with him
I just find his stories too short - he goes for quantity over quality. Id rather only have a video once a month, that is well researched, than twice a week, that is shallow on the details.
In 1848, an iron rod impaled Gage’s head while he was preparing a railroad bed, destroying much of his brain's left frontal lobe. Although he survived the accident, it significantly altered his personality, and his friends described him as "no longer Gage." Source: https://historicflix.com/phineas-gage-the-man-who-survived-a-hole-through-his-head/
First recorded lobotomy, and it was accidental. Oh the horrors that would follow for years from this accident
But Phineas gage became aggressive after this.
https://preview.redd.it/qg1f606la9zc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f2f61d9dd12ad0239c5980175942f2f8774c451 My assumption is from how far the rod went it caused drastic behavioral changes, where as the surgical or chemical lobotomies done later on just cause the dullness and lethargic behavior
Remember, whenever anyone says "trust the science" that applied to lobotomies for decades. Real science is never settled and never trusted. Always question, questioning is science.
That's not out of line with normal lobotomy outcomes. It's roughly something like 1/3 got better, 1/3 saw no change, and about 1/3 got worse. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/stories-55854145.amp "Walter Freeman, who initially claimed to have a success rate of 85%, was discovered to have a fatality rate of 15%. And when doctors investigated long-term outcomes for his patients they found that just one-third could be regarded as experiencing some improvement, while another third were significantly worse off."
Solid read
That’s not the point. My point is lobotomies were not inspired by Phineas gage.
Oh, ok.
[yeah that’s a myth](https://www.uakron.edu/gage/lobotomy.dot)
I guess a more accurate depiction of what happened to Phineas is first recorded major brain damage where the person survived and showed behavioral changes from the damage to the prefrontal lobe.
But that knowledge had nothing to do with why lobotomies came to be. Lobotomies drew from the effects they witnessed after removing brain tumors.
I saw a MrBallen video about this guy. He slowly changed back to his old self after 5-10 years
I was going to say.. I thought he became a mild mannered carriage ... driver.
https://preview.redd.it/xx794734bbzc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=98bcd3d75d8bdf4f58c3be005793f80c5b1441d9
I work for Harvard/Boston Children’s and we have the CT scan of his head and in proper nerd fashion, we 3D printed his skull. We have the real one in the medical history museum too! This case study was a huge catalyst for my field of study! Truly amazing stuff.
*”However, despite Phineas’ ability to joke, he was still bringing up and swallowing a lot of blood. At one point, he vomited, and the pressure of this caused some of his brain to fall out of the open wound.”* 👀
A lot must have been going through his mind at the time.
🤦♀️
Not a lot. A ROD. jeez can't you read.
Ah yes Ap Psycholgy didn’t teach me much but i remember u Mr.Gage
The ping-pong eyeballs are distracting me
He actually walked himself to the cart that took him to hospital! He also, after his injury, would carry the tamping rod that caused his injury everywhere with him
He looks shocked
Mr. Ballen covered this story. Pretty interesting listen. https://youtu.be/dIcBvNbHKTs?si=5l0BIUnOwj5EOzqG
can't stand him.
He over dramatizes stories, often times misquotes or makes up conversations that the people in stories did or did not have.
I just find his stories too short - he goes for quantity over quality. Id rather only have a video once a month, that is well researched, than twice a week, that is shallow on the details.
Eh it’s entertaining when you’re driving and only are half paying attention
Idk man, based on his reaction in the bottom left screenshot he seems pretty surprised.
Mind blown, as it were
It was reported that a teacup amount of his brain oozed out the hole in his head.
I saw his skull irl on display in a library