Phineas Gage

Phineas P. Gage (1823–1860) wis an American railwey construction foreman remembered for his improbable^[B1]:19 survival o an accident in that a lairge airn rod wis driven completely throu his heid, destroyin muckle o his harn's left frontal lobe, an for that injure's reportit effects on his personality an behaviour ower the remainin twal years o his life‍—‌effects sufficiently profoond (for a time at least) that friends saw him as "na langer Gage." ^[H]:14

Phineas P. Gage
Gage an his "constant companion"‍—‌his inscribed tampin airn‍—‌sometime efter 1849, seen in the portrait (identified 2009) that "exploded the common eemage o Gage as a dirty, disheveled misfit." [K]
Born	Julie 9, 1823 (date uncertain) Grafton Coonty, New Hampshire[a]
Dee'd	21 Mey 1860(1860-05-21) (aged 36) In or near San Francisco
Cause o daith	Status epilepticus
Residence	New Ingland Chile Californie
Thrift	Railwey construction foreman blaster stagecoach driver
Kent for	Personality cheenge efter harn injure
Hame toun	Lebanon, New Hampshire[a]
Hauf-marrae(s)	None
Bairns	None[M]:39,319,327[7]

Notes

1. Macmillan^{[M]:14-17,31n5,490-1} discusses Gage's auncestry an early life. The birthdate Julie 9, 1823 is gien bi a Gage genealogy^[1] withoot citation,^[M]:16 but is consistent wi agreement amang contemporary soorces^[2][3] that Gage wis 25 year auld on the date o his accident, an wi his age (36 years) as gien in unnertaker's records efter his daith in Mey 1860.^[M]:108-9 Possible hames in childheid an youth are Lebanon or nearbi East Lebanon, Enfield, an/or Grafton (aw in Grafton Coonty, New Hampshire), tho Harlow refers tae Lebanon in pairteecular as Gage's "native place" ^[H]:10 an "his hame" ^[H]:12 (likely that o his parents),^[M]:30 tae that Gage returned ten weeks^[M2]:C efter his accident.

   Thare is naething tae indicate whit Gage's middle ineetial, P, ​​^{[3][4][G1][5]} stuid for.^[M]:490 His mither's maiden name is variously gien as Swetland, Sweatland, or Sweetland.^[6]