The Phineas Gage Commemorative Plaque

Phineas Gage's accident is commemorated in the cast bronze plaque shown here.  It was unveiled in Cavendish, Vermont, on Sunday 13th. September, 1998, the 150th. anniversary of the accident

The plaque is 1m x 1m and is mounted on a large block of Vermont's unique green marble sited on Cavendish Town Green.  The unpolished marble shows traces of the drill holes and blast marks from its quarrying.
The plaque includes a relief map of Cavendish, a short account of the accident and its significance, a chronology of Phineas Gage's life, a representation of the damage to his skull, and a portrait of Dr. John Martyn Harlow.

The bronze was designed by Dr. Ross Bastiaan, an Australian who has made nearly 200 plaques, mainly commemorating battles in which Australian forces were involved in the two World Wars.  He has been commissioned by the Australian Government to execute a set of plaques commemorating the 100th. anniversary of Australia's federation.
The bronze was cast and finished by the Arrow Foundry of Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia.

The cost of the plaque has been met by donations from:

The Middlesex District Medical Society, Massachusetts (successor to the society of which Harlow was a member and some time President)
The School of Psychology, Deakin University, and the Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, both in Victoria, Australia
The Departments of Psychology of Macquarie University and the University of New South Wales, both in Sydney, New South Wales
Dr. Edith Bavin, School of Psychological Sciences, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
Prof. Sheldon Benjamin, School of Medicine, University of Massachusetts
Prof. Kisou Kubota, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto, Japan
Professor Malcolm Macmillan, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.

The names of donors who gave in excess of $150.00 are recorded on a small bronze plaque affixed to the side of the marble block.