Researchers Reconstruct the Face of a Man Whose Iron Rod Pierced Skull

According to IFL Science, scientists have transformed the visage of the guy whose bizarre accident changed our knowledge of the brain for the first time. On September 13, 1848, as railroad worker Phineas Gage was preparing the ground for a new line in the US state of Vermont, an unintentional explosion resulted in an iron rod striking a hole in his skull.

A significant portion of his brain was damaged and distorted by the accident. Mr. Gage survives the injuries for almost a decade, continuing to lead an active and somewhat normal life.
His face has now been restored by experts to how it looked at the moment of the hit. The site said that they completely recreated his looks forensically using computer images of his damaged skull.

A forensic specialist and 3D designer named Cicero Moraes assisted in re-creating the man’s original visage. He has uploaded a YouTube video of the project.

When Mr. Gage was getting ready to blow up some rocks while building a railway line, a bizarre event happened. The crack of the explosives sent an iron rod he had dropped, hurtling at his cheek like a harpoon.

It went through the left cheek and into Mr. Gage’s skull, exciting at the top of the cranium.

The metal item, according to IFL Science, weighed around six kilograms and had dimensions of 1.09 meters in length and 3.18 centimeters in diameter. After hitting the ground more than ten meters behind Mr. Gage, the solid metal projectile was covered with brain tissue and blood.

According to the complaint, the employee was driven back to his hotel and made his way alone up the stairs to his room. After bandaging Mr. Gage’s head, the attending physician extracted around 28 grams of shredded brain.

It may seem unbelievable, but Mr. Gage recovered within a month and relocated to Chile to take a secure job.

But the injury left him with cognitive abilities akin to those of a kid, and he began acting in ways that were socially undesirable. Exactly twelve years, six months, and eight days after the iron rod punctured his brain, he passed away on May 21, 1861.