Title Phineas Gage : a gruesome but true story about brain science / by John Fleischman.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection	CH/YA Bio Fleisc Phi 2002	Available	---		Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo.

Description	86 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	Through the case history of Phineas Gage, a 19th century Vermonter who had an iron bar driven through his brain and lived, the book examines what is known of brain function.
Contents	"Horrible accident" in Vermont -- What we thought about how we thought -- Following Phineas Gage -- Putting Phineas together again.
Awards	Nominated for Bluebonnet Award, 2004-2005.
Provenance	Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo.
Subject	Gage, Phineas -- Mental health.
	Gage, Phineas.
	Brain damage -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
	Brain damage -- Complications.
	Personality disorders -- Etiology.
	Brain damage -- Complications.
	Brain damage -- Patients.
	Mental health.
	Personality disorders -- Etiology.
	United States.
Genre/Form	Biography.
Other Form:	Online version: Fleischman, John, 1948- Phineas Gage. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, ©2002 (OCoLC)606933125
ISBN	0618052526
	9780618052523
	0618494782 (pbk.)
	9780618494781 (pbk.)
	9780756946562 (PFNL)
	0756946565 (PFNL)
	9780605335653 (permabound)
	0605335656 (permabound)
	0329395645
	9780329395643