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On this day in 1848 American railway engineer Phineas Gage had an accident that saw a massive metal pole driven through his skull, destroying most of his brain's left frontal lobe. Remarkably, especially so given the severity of the accident and the fact that medical science wasn't nearly as advanced then as now, Gage survived with very few ill-effects. The accident does seem to have had a marked effect on his personality, according to a report by Dr John Harlow:
“The equilibrium or balance, so to speak, between his intellectual faculties and animal propensities, seems to have been destroyed. He is fitful, irreverent, indulging at times in the grossest profanity (which was not previously his custom), manifesting but little deference for his fellows, impatient of restraint or advice when it conflicts with his desires, at times pertinaciously obstinate, yet capricious and vacillating, devising many plans of future operations, which are no sooner arranged than they are abandoned in turn for others appearing more feasible. A child in his intellectual capacity and manifestations, he has the animal passions of a strong man. Previous to his injury, although untrained in the schools, he possessed a well-balanced mind, and was looked upon by those who knew him as a shrewd, smart businessman, very energetic and persistent in executing all his plans of operation. In this regard his mind was radically changed, so decidedly that his friends and acquaintances said he was "no longer Gage."”
Gage also appeared, for a short while before undertaking a national tour, at Barnum's American Museum in New York.
And now, the news:
Lord Sainsbury donates £25m to British Museum (via...
The search for England's Loch Ness Monster
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Lizard Moving From Eggs to Live Birth
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Awesome song by the Super Furry Animals:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVWLrloeToA
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