Phineas Gage a Gruesome But True
Story About Brain Science Exam
Questions With Complete Solutions
Robert Hooke - ANSWER-Invented a microscope that could show dried out cells.
Joseph Lister - ANSWER-Was one of the first doctors to perform surgery successfully in
sterile conditions.
Louis Pasteur - ANSWER-Found that decay and infection were the work of germs.
When did Phineas have his accident? And what time? - ANSWER-September 13, 1848
at 4:30 pm.
How did the accident occur? - ANSWER-Phineas and his assistant were loading
dynamite when his tamping iron slips and hits the granite, sparking the fuse. Then the
rod shot straight up through his cheek bone and out of his forehead.
How was Phineas lucky? - ANSWER-He was lucky because he had an open brain
injury which allowed the brain to swell. This does not immediately kill him, it helps
keeping him alive by not cutting off oxygen to his brain. He could drive a stage coach,
he could talk after the tamping iron went through his head.
How was Phineas unlucky? - ANSWER-Phineas was unlucky because his brain is on
the outside of his skull, he had infections because the brain was not covered.
Dangerous bacteria got in his brain which made it pus which built upon his forehead. He
could only see out of one eye. He got really sick at times and had many seizures. He
started to act like a child and people said that he was a child in a man's body.
Story About Brain Science Exam
Questions With Complete Solutions
Robert Hooke - ANSWER-Invented a microscope that could show dried out cells.
Joseph Lister - ANSWER-Was one of the first doctors to perform surgery successfully in
sterile conditions.
Louis Pasteur - ANSWER-Found that decay and infection were the work of germs.
When did Phineas have his accident? And what time? - ANSWER-September 13, 1848
at 4:30 pm.
How did the accident occur? - ANSWER-Phineas and his assistant were loading
dynamite when his tamping iron slips and hits the granite, sparking the fuse. Then the
rod shot straight up through his cheek bone and out of his forehead.
How was Phineas lucky? - ANSWER-He was lucky because he had an open brain
injury which allowed the brain to swell. This does not immediately kill him, it helps
keeping him alive by not cutting off oxygen to his brain. He could drive a stage coach,
he could talk after the tamping iron went through his head.
How was Phineas unlucky? - ANSWER-Phineas was unlucky because his brain is on
the outside of his skull, he had infections because the brain was not covered.
Dangerous bacteria got in his brain which made it pus which built upon his forehead. He
could only see out of one eye. He got really sick at times and had many seizures. He
started to act like a child and people said that he was a child in a man's body.
