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What Were the Circumstances Under Which Phineas Gage Sustained His

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What were the circumstances under which Phineas Gage sustained his brain injury?


A) A 20-foot fall during construction of the Eiffel Tower that resulted in coup-contra-coup injury
B) A gunshot wound during the Battle of Gettysburg that penetrated his skull
C) An explosion while laying a Vermont railway that sent a tamping iron through his head
D) A shipwreck off the coast of Australia that deprived his brain of oxygen for 10 minutes

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