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Author Macmillan, Malcolm, 1929-

Title An odd kind of fame : stories of Phineas Gage / Malcolm Macmillan.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2000]
©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 562 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description 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.
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Subject Gage, Phineas -- Health.
Gage, Phineas.
Health.
Gage, Phineas.
Brain damage -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Brain damage -- Patients.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Split brain -- History.
Split brain.
History.
Psychosurgery -- History.
Psychosurgery.
Brain -- Localization of functions -- History.
Brain -- Localization of functions.
Head Injuries, Penetrating.
Brain.
General Surgery.
United States.
Genre/Form Biography.
Electronic books.
History.
Casestudies (vorm)
Biographies.
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)
0262278839 (electronic book)