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An odd kind of fame : stories of Phineas Gage
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An odd kind of fame : stories of Phineas Gage

Author: Malcolm Macmillan
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st MIT press pbk. edView all editions and formats
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Named Person: Phineas Gage
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Malcolm Macmillan
ISBN: 0262632594 9780262632591
OCLC Number: 51318460
Notes: "A Bradford book."
Description: xiii, 562 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Background to fame -- Early receptions: popular and medical -- The implications of Harlow's treatment -- The wonderful journey -- The damage to Gage's psyche -- Localization: the background -- Localization: the beginnings -- Localization in the brain -- Gage and surgery for the brain -- Gage and surgery for the psyche -- Gage, inhibition, and thought -- The popular stories -- The scientific stories -- The hidden portrait -- A realistic conclusion.
Responsibility: Malcolm Macmillan.

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