# Phineas Gage

> A railroad foreman who survived an iron rod blown straight through his skull in 1848, destroying much of his frontal lobe. The injury turned him into the most cited case in neuroscience — less for what actually happened to his personality than for what everyone needed to believe did.

*19th century American railway worker who survived a large brain trauma*

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## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1823-07-09
- **Died:** 1860-05-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Phineas P. Gage was working as a construction foreman when the accident made him, at 25, a medical anomaly: the rod entered below his left cheekbone, tore through his brain, and exited the top of his skull. He survived, and walked himself to a doctor. What followed became the "American Crowbar Case," seized on by 19th-century physicians debating whether the brain controlled personality. Friends said the injury left him "no longer Gage," and that line echoed for generations. But the melodrama outran the facts. Published accounts piled on exaggerations and contradictions, shaping Gage into a parable for whatever theory needed proving. A report near his death in 1860 suggests his worst changes were temporary — that years driving a stagecoach in Chile gave him structure, and he clawed back more of himself than the legend allows.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 57.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.1 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 23.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 7.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12210949/ (@nm12210949)

## Topics
#Actors, #TV Personality, #United States, #Americas, #19th Century

## Sources
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