Pretty insane story, and his Docter is a mayor part of it, who tried his best with the knowledge and tools that he had. They had to drain the wound at the right times to relieve some pressure, but careful as to not introduce even more inflammation. Stuff tried growing in his wound. Damn, he walked and talked for years after, but eventually, this wound did do him in. Gg wp, Phineas, you held on for as long as you could.

I’ve been aware of this case in it’s initial stages, but was encouraged to find that: "A report of Gage’s physical and mental condition shortly before his death implies that his most serious mental changes were temporary, so that in later life he was far more functional, and socially far better adapted, than in the years immediately following his accident. A social recovery hypothesis suggests that his work as a stagecoach driver in Chile fostered this recovery by providing daily structure that allowed him to regain lost social and personal skills. "