This "Hot Cripple" Series is an experiment; an effort to bring attention to the fact that Disability isn't necessarily synonymous with Ugly- as in Ugly Laws, which proliferated this country for over a century.
Since October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we are dedicating this inaugural post to, Neuroscience's most famous patient and working class hero, Phineas Gage.
Since October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we are dedicating this inaugural post to, Neuroscience's most famous patient and working class hero, Phineas Gage.
Ladies love the bad boys; especially one who's pole was "...sleek like a javelin, it weighed 13¼ pounds and stretched 3 feet 7 inches long." To learn more about Phineas Gage's transformation from virtuous railway foreman to sociopathic drifter, check out this excellent article by Sam Kean, which appeared on Slate.com on May 6, 2014.
On Sept. 13, 1848, at around 4:30 p.m., the time of day when the mind might start wandering, a railroad foreman named Phineas Gage filled a drill hole with gunpowder and turned his head to check on his men. It was the last normal moment of his life...
Phineas Gage, Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient
On Sept. 13, 1848, at around 4:30 p.m., the time of day when the mind might start wandering, a railroad foreman named Phineas Gage filled a drill hole with gunpowder and turned his head to check on his men. It was the last normal moment of his life...
Phineas Gage, Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient
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