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Is Trump our modern-day Phineas Gage? | Letter

The historical case of Phineas Gage (1848) is an integral part of medical folklore, illustrating the involvement of the frontal lobes in problem solving, memory, judgment, impulse control and social and sexual behavior.  Before an accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his left frontal lobe, Gage had been a most […]