Holey Gage and Saving Lincoln
In this episode Suzie examines a medical oddity and Trevor recounts a particularly amazing coincidence.
WHAT THE HISTORY?
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PHINEAS GAGE
Center for NeuroSkills 2019, ‘Frontal Lobes’ https://www.neuroskills.com/brain-injury/frontal-lobes.php
Cherry K 2018, ‘Phineas Gage’s Brain Injury – His Injury Led to New Discoveries in Neuroscience’ https://www.verywellmind.com/phineas-gage-2795244
Costandi M 2010, ‘Phineas Gage and the effect of an iron bar through the head on personality’ https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2010/nov/05/phineas-gage-head-personality
Haas L 2001, ‘Phineas Gage and the science of brain localisation’, Journal of Neurology, Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Vol. 71, Issue 6 https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/71/6/761
Harvard Brain Tour 2016, ‘The Improbable Tale of Phineas Gage’ http://braintour.harvard.edu/archives/portfolio-items/phineas-gage
Mcmillian M 2008, ‘Phineas Gage – Unravelling the myth’, The British Psychological Society, The Psychologist, Vol. 21, pp. 838-831 http://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-21/edition-9/phineas-gage-unravelling-myth
National Post 2015, ‘How Phineas Gage survived a horrific brain injury to become one of the most famous names in medical history’ https://nationalpost.com/news/how-phineas-gage-survived-a-horrific-brain-injury-to-become-one-of-the-most-famous-names-in-medical-history
The University of Akron 2019, ‘The Phineas Gage story’ https://www.uakron.edu/gage/story.dot
Today I Found Out 2019, ‘The Remarkable Tale of Phineas Gage’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw0zbyQVCEc
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EDWIN BOOTH AND ROBERT LINCOLN
John Wilkes Booth’s Brother Saved Abe Lincoln’s Son – Mental Floss (Mar 22, 2017)
John Wilkes Booth’s Brother Saved Abe Lincoln’s Son – KnowledgeNuts (Nov 2, 2013)
You Thought Abe Lincoln Had Bad Luck? Meet His Son, Robert – Did You Know Facts
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination – history.com (Oct 27, 2009)
Other stuff:
The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…
History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)
History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)
Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)
You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)
Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)
Fade out – Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now) – Cracker
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