Title: Phineas Gage
Author: John Fleischman
Genre: non-fiction
Phineas Gage was a railroad worker; he had a terrible injury over 150 years ago in 1848. While working as a foreman with explosives he had a terrible accident that left him with a hole in his head. Despite his injury he made a “complete recovery” while traveling the world. While traveling the world he shared his stories. His tragic story changed how the way scientists look at the brain.
I agree with the author, he was lucky because he lived 11 years after his injury. He was also unlucky, because unfortunately he then died. He lived for 11 years with a hole in his head so overall I think he was lucky.
I didn’t like this book because I found it boring. There were to many big medical words. I like the beginning however. When it got to the middle/end it got real boring real fast. I would rte this book a 1.5. I would recommend this book for someone who is going to school for medical things, like a doctor, or someone who is a brain surgeon, maybe even a scientist.
Author: John Fleischman
Genre: non-fiction
Phineas Gage was a railroad worker; he had a terrible injury over 150 years ago in 1848. While working as a foreman with explosives he had a terrible accident that left him with a hole in his head. Despite his injury he made a “complete recovery” while traveling the world. While traveling the world he shared his stories. His tragic story changed how the way scientists look at the brain.
I agree with the author, he was lucky because he lived 11 years after his injury. He was also unlucky, because unfortunately he then died. He lived for 11 years with a hole in his head so overall I think he was lucky.
I didn’t like this book because I found it boring. There were to many big medical words. I like the beginning however. When it got to the middle/end it got real boring real fast. I would rte this book a 1.5. I would recommend this book for someone who is going to school for medical things, like a doctor, or someone who is a brain surgeon, maybe even a scientist.
