"Horrible Accident" in Vermont
MAIN IDEA: What is the chapter mostly about?
Horrible accident in Vermont is about Phineas Gage a 26 years old and is the foreman of a construction gang and is about to be hit by a iron rod in his face and still lives from the iron rod going through his Brain.
VOCABULARY: What important words should the reader know to understand the text? (Use the Glossary to help you.)
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IMAGES: Provide images (at least 3) with captions either from the text itself or about something relevant you learned from reading the text.
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE: Why did the author include this chapter? (Entertain, persuade, inform?)
I think the author made this chapter because this chapter is about Phineas Gage and the whole accident with a iron bar going through his skull, luckily it wasn't the part of the brain that was very serious but it was still very bad. This chapter gives a lot of detail about this injury.
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Horrible accident in Vermont is about Phineas Gage a 26 years old and is the foreman of a construction gang and is about to be hit by a iron rod in his face and still lives from the iron rod going through his Brain.
VOCABULARY: What important words should the reader know to understand the text? (Use the Glossary to help you.)
- Bacteria: one-celled microorganisms that thrive in virtually every environment on earth, as well as within larger organisms. Bacteria perform a wide variety of actions beneficial to humans, from decomposing organic matter to leavening bread.
- Microorganisms: extremely small living thing composed of one or few cells that can be seen only through a microscope.
- Sepsis: a severe bacterial infection.
- Temporal lobe: the part of the cortex on the side of the head.
- Phineas Gage is injured in 1848.
- Phineas seems perfectly fine after his accident.
- Phineas is a railroad foremen during his accident.
- Phineas' tamping iron goes through his head when it is shot out of a hole filled with explosives.
- After Phineas' accident he is"“The new Phineas is unreliable and, at times, downright nasty. He insults old workmates and friends. He spouts vulgar language in the presence of women.”page 39.
- Phineas is took to dr. Harlow the town phycoligst
- Phineas Gage becomes famous just for that incident.
- Doctors in 1848 don't know that microscopic oraganisms are linked the to disease.
- Doctors during the 1800s call infections sepsis.
- If you had an infection in the 1800s you get the infected limb get cutoff which usually led to an even worse infection.
- Phineas recovers from his wounds 10 weeks after the accident.
- Phineas is put back at being foreman but fired because is not the same man.
- All sources were took from the book phineas gage a gruesome but true story about brain science.
- Excerpt From: Fleischman, John. “Phineas Gage.” ACT (Apple Content), 2002. iBooks.
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IMAGES: Provide images (at least 3) with captions either from the text itself or about something relevant you learned from reading the text.
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE: Why did the author include this chapter? (Entertain, persuade, inform?)
I think the author made this chapter because this chapter is about Phineas Gage and the whole accident with a iron bar going through his skull, luckily it wasn't the part of the brain that was very serious but it was still very bad. This chapter gives a lot of detail about this injury.
30 POINTS POSSIBLE - WEB PAGES ARE DUE THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH IN FINAL FORM - NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED OVER OR AFTER SPRING BREAK