The Remarkable Tale of Phineas P. Gage

1848: railroad worker Phineas Gage had a horrific accident blowing a two-inch hole in his left frontal lobe. Phineas awoke from a coma and he now cursed, smoked, brawled, consorted with hookers. Was his accident a life changing event or an excuse to leave behind the straitjacket of Puritan American society?