John Martyn Harlow

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John Martyn Harlow was a 19th-century American physician best known for documenting the famous case of Phineas Gage, which became foundational in the study of brain function and personality.

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instanceOf human
physician
birthDate 1819-11-25
causeOfNotability detailed long-term follow-up of Phineas Gage
contributedTo study of brain function and personality
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1907-05-13
described effects of frontal lobe damage on personality
documented Phineas Gage brain injury case
educatedAt Jefferson Medical College NERFINISHED
familyName Harlow NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork medicine
neurology
neuropsychology
gender male
givenName John NERFINISHED
hasPatient Phineas Gage NERFINISHED
hasWorkSubject brain function
frontal lobe injury
personality change
inferred relationship between frontal lobes and personality
influenced early neuroscience
neuropsychology of personality
knownFor early documentation of personality change after brain injury
languageOfWorkOrName English
medicalSchool Jefferson Medical College NERFINISHED
name John Martyn Harlow NERFINISHED
notableFor case study of Phineas Gage
occupation physician
partOf history of neuroscience
history of psychology
performed clinical observations on Phineas Gage
placeOfBirth Whitehall, New York NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Woburn, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
publication Passage of an Iron Rod through the Head NERFINISHED
Recovery from the Passage of an Iron Bar through the Head NERFINISHED
publishedIn Boston Medical and Surgical Journal NERFINISHED
residence Woburn, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
studied Phineas Gage NERFINISHED
timePeriod 19th century
wroteAbout changes in social behavior after brain injury

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Phineas Gage studiedBy John Martyn Harlow