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1 online resource (xiii, 562 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Note |
"A Bradford book." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-543) and index. |
Contents |
Background to fame -- Early receptions: popular and medical -- The implications of Harlow's treatment -- The wonderful journey -- The damage to Gage's psyche -- Localization: the background -- Localization: the beginnings -- Localization in the brain -- Gage and surgery for the brain -- Gage and surgery for the psyche -- Gage, inhibition, and thought -- The popular stories -- The scientific stories -- The hidden portrait -- A realistic conclusion. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Gage, Phineas -- Health.
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Gage, Phineas. |
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Health. |
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Gage, Phineas. |
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Brain damage -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
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Brain damage -- Patients. |
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United States. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Split brain -- History.
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Split brain. |
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History. |
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Psychosurgery -- History.
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Psychosurgery. |
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Brain -- Localization of functions -- History.
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Brain -- Localization of functions. |
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Head Injuries, Penetrating. |
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Brain. |
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General Surgery. |
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United States. |
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Biography.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Casestudies (vorm)
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Biographies.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Macmillan, Malcolm, 1929- Odd kind of fame. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000 0262133636 (DLC) 99056640 (OCoLC)42888034 |
ISBN |
9780262278836 (electronic book) |
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0262278839 (electronic book) |
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