Phineas P. Gage was born in 1823. He was a railroad construction worker outside the small town of Cavendish, Vermont. On September 13, 1848, Phineas suffered a traumatic brain injury, which caused severe damage to parts of his frontal brain due to his accident at work. On the day of the accident, Phineas was carrying out his work duties on the construction of a railway track. . His job was to place explosive charges in holes drilled into large pieces of rock so they could be shattered and removed. He had to fill the holes with gunpowder, with a fuse, and then compact them with sand with a large tire iron. Because Gage was distracted on September 13, 1948, he forgot to fill one of the holes with sand. As a result, when he went to compact the sand, the iron sparkled against the rock and caused the gunpowder to explode. This situation caused the three-foot iron to hit Gage's head just below his left cheekbone. Gage suffered only minor blood loss, and his left pupil was unresponsive to direct light for ten days after the accident. Fortunately, Phineas Gage survived this dramatic accident and returned to work after recovery. Gage's accident caused many personality changes in him. His doctor, Dr. J.M. Harlow, noted that Gage's personality was radically altered after the accident. Gage was capricious, irreverent, indulgent, showing little deference to his fellow man, eager to receive advice when it conflicted with his wishes. Before Gage's accident he possessed a well-balanced mind, was known as an intelligent, energetic businessman, and was persistent in executing all his operational plans. His friends and acquaintances said he was no longer "Gage" due to his completely changed mind. After the injury he lost his job due to... half the paper... and the iron was put on display for people to pay to look at in PT Barnum's New York museum. I disagree with other writers because they added drunkenness, bluster, and a boastful tendency to show off Gage's wound as part of Barnum's traveling exhibit. I find it unprofessional to add false statements about Gage's injury to prove his injury. Furthermore, in similar cases, including an iron bar and drill bit penetrating skulls, they survived the injury just as Gage did. These stories are amazing to read because for someone to survive an injury as extraordinary as that of Gage, Ron Hunt and a Danish woman is a miracle. In conclusion, Gage is still recognized today with his skull at the Warren Anatomical Harvard Medical School Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, which would be very interesting to see in person.