Phineas Gage skull display at Warren Anatomical Museum

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historical artifact display medical exhibit museum exhibit

The Phineas Gage skull display at the Warren Anatomical Museum is a famous medical exhibit featuring the preserved skull of railroad worker Phineas Gage, whose survival after a traumatic brain injury became a landmark case in neuroscience and the study of personality change.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical artifact display ⓘ
medical exhibit ⓘ
museum exhibit ⓘ
associatedWith Phineas Gage NERFINISHED ⓘ
case of traumatic brain injury ⓘ
study of personality change ⓘ
conservationStatus preserved under controlled museum conditions ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
curatedBy Warren Anatomical Museum staff ⓘ
exhibitLabelIncludes biographical information about Phineas Gage ⓘ
description of the accident ⓘ
interpretation of neurological significance ⓘ
exhibits entry wound and exit damage to Phineas Gage’s skull ⓘ
path of tamping iron through skull ⓘ
field history of medicine ⓘ
neurology ⓘ
neuropsychology ⓘ
neuroscience ⓘ
psychology ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod 19th-century medicine ⓘ
hasPart skull of Phineas Gage ⓘ
tamping iron associated with Phineas Gage ⓘ
hasType permanent exhibit ⓘ
inception 19th century ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Harvard Medical School NERFINISHED ⓘ
Warren Anatomical Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
material human bone ⓘ
notableFor illustrating survival after severe frontal lobe injury ⓘ
role in discussions of brain and personality ⓘ
role in early theories of brain localization ⓘ
ownedBy Harvard Medical School NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Harvard Medical School collections NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo railroad construction accident of Phineas Gage ⓘ
subjectOf museum tours ⓘ
neuroscience lectures ⓘ
numerous medical textbooks ⓘ
theme brain localization of function ⓘ
personality and behavior change ⓘ
traumatic brain injury ⓘ
usedFor medical education ⓘ
public education about brain injury ⓘ
research reference in history of neuroscience ⓘ

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