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Re:Phineas Gage, Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient by jkdearden on Friday May 09, 2014 @09:25PM (#7724139)
Another similar case (albeit a more modern one) is Anatoli Bugorski, who caught his head in the path of a particle accelerator beam:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski

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Re:Phineas Gage, Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient by aylons on Saturday May 10, 2014 @04:23AM (#7724835)
I currently work in a beam instrumentation project and jokingly refer to him as the patreon of beam instrumentation.

However, I don't think his case is very interesting in a neuroscience pov. He did not forego any major psychological changes after the incident.

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Re:Phineas Gage, Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient by DiabloD3 on Saturday May 10, 2014 @06:16AM (#7724994)
I've read about him before. The fact that he is still alive is amazing.
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