Survived after a Railroad Pipe Impaled him Through the Skull
(Reader Contribution to 8 Unbelievable Stories of Surviving Amazing Stabbing Wounds)
Phineas Gage is a famous psychological case. He worked building the railroads in the U.S. When using dynamite to blow up sections of mountains, the workers would stick metal pipes in the rock to help. With the force of the explosion, one of the pipes flew through the air and impaled Gage from the top of the skull, through his brain, and finally past his jaw. After surgeons of the time removed the pipe, Gage was free to go back to his normal life. Unfortunately for him and his family, the pipe damaged the personality section of his brain and he later became mean, depressed, and a loner.
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12/19/2011
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