Macmillan, M. (1996). Phineas Gage& #39;s contribution to brain surgery. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 5(1), 56-77.
In much contemporary literature the Phineas Gage case is described as contributing to the development of lobotomy and leucotomy but the historical evidence shows this to be an almost completely erroneous view. His case was, however, important in the development of brain surgery itself. I begin this paper by briefly mentioning four early cases of brain surgery and describing the Gage case. I then set ...