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What passed completely through Phineas Gage's skull in the 1848 accident he survived?
The 3-foot-7-inch tamping iron entered under his left cheekbone and exited the top of his head. He was speaking within minutes and lived another eleven years.
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Phineas Gage, the Railroad Foreman Who Survived a 13-Pound Iron Rod Through His Skull in 1848 On 13 September 1848, a premature blast drove a 43-inch tamping iron through the skull of railroad foreman Phineas Gage at Cavendish, Vermont — in under his cheekbone, out the top of his head. He was speaking within minutes, lived another eleven and a half years, and became the most famous case in the history of neuroscience.
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