Sixth plate cased daguerreotype of Phineas Gage (1823-1860), 1850-1860

Item Information

Title:
Sixth plate cased daguerreotype of Phineas Gage (1823-1860), 1850-1860
Title (alt.):
Wilgus daguerreotype of Phineas Gage
Description:
Sixth plate (2 3/4" x 3 1/4") cased daguerreotype of post-injury Phineas Gage. Portrait-style image depicts Gage holding the tamping iron that caused his 1848 frontal lobe injury. Bar marked with inscription from the Warren Anatomical Museum. As with most daguerreotypes, the image is laterally reversed, creating the mistaken impression that Gage was injured on right rather than the left side. The image is housed in a full wooden case covered with embossed brown paper made to simulate leather. The case interior is a red synthetic velvet cushion. Sixth plate daguerreotype depicting Phineas Gage and his inscribed tamping iron between 1850 and 1860, after he sustained a traumatic brain injury.
Date:
1850–1860
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
daguerreotypes (photographs)
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Phineas Gage Collection
Warren Anatomical Museum 00949, 00950, and 03106
Series:
Phineas Gage Collection
Subjects:
Gage, Phineas--Head Injuries, Penetrating
Brain--Wounds and injuries
Neurosciences--History
Brain--Localization of functions
Psychology--History
Extent:
One case photograph
Link to Item:
https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/18168
Terms of Use:
The Harvard Medical Library does not hold copyright on all the materials in the collection. For use information, contact the Warren Anatomical Museum Curator at chm@hms.harvard.edu
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Notes:
Gift to the Warren Anatomical Museum in the Francis A. Countway Library of Harvard Medical School by Jack and Beverly Wilgus.
Identifier:
Warren Anatomical Museum 21711