The Accident
The year of Phineas's accident
1848
The person who cared for Phineas after the accident
Dr. Harlow
The two hemispheres of the brain
The right and left
Phineas's job in Chile
Stage coach driver
The number of years Dr. Harlow kept notes on Phineas
20
Phineas' job before the accident
Foreman of a track construction gang
The number of weeks it took for Phineas to be declared fully recovered
Ten
The part of Phineas's brain that was injured
The frontal cortex or left frontal lobe
Who was Phineas the happiest with?
Children and animals
The object closest to the length of Phineas's tamping iron
Baseball bat
The age of Phineas at the time of the accident
26 years old
Name two complications that Phineas had after the accident
Infection and a fever
The Whole Brainers belief about the brain
A whole or one interconnected mind
The two most reliable sources regarding Phineas
Dr. Harlow and Hannah Gage (his mother)
The type of brain injury that Phineas had
An open injury
The personality of Phineas before the accident
"good with his hands and good with his men"
The person to which Dr. Harlow compared Phineas's thinking and behavior
A child
The Localizers/Phrenologists belief about the brain
Certain areas control certain things
The electrical storm in your brain cells
An epileptic seizure
The name given to Dr. Gall's brain science
Phrenology
The cause of Phineas's accident
An explosion caused by the iron striking the granite
Two reasons why Phineas should have died
Any two: Size of rod, shock, loss of blood, brain swelling
Two things that phrenologists could feel for on a skull to tell strengths and weaknesses
Bumbs and dips
The title of Phineas's freak show
"The Only Living Man with a Hole in his Head"
The offer Phineas refused from Dr. Harlow
$1,000 for a pocketful of pebbles