Shades Of Phineas Gage: Brazilian Worker Survives Iron Bar Piercing Skull

"Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science" is a brilliant photo-biography with the fringe benefit of interesting middle school students in non-fiction reading. http://www.amazon.com/Phineas-Gage-Gruesome-Story-Science/dp/0618494782/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345246211&sr=8-1&keywords=Phineas+Gage%3A+A+Gruesome+but+True+Story+About+Brain+Science

Phineas Gage - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage   

Brazilian Worker Survives Iron Bar Piercing Skull 

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