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I cannot congratulate you on this post, as least as it relates to Phineas Age, as it seems to rely on defunct sources decades old and contains much misinformation. Gage did not "struggle to hold down any job": he supported himself in the last ten of his twelve post-accident years at a total of two jobs, the first of which he left because the second presented better opportunity. These jobs followed two years exhibiting to the public in what would have been considered at the time educational lectures; he was never associated with any circus. Most importantly, what happened to him was nothing like a lobotomy.

Because Gage is so attention-grabbing, instructors and expositors frequently drag him on stage whether he or not he has any real relationship to the subject at hand. The only link between Gage and lobotomy is that people persist in saying there's such a link. You're right about Moniz and the tragedy of lobotomy, but please leave Phineas Gage out of it. They're unrelated.