Samuel D. Gross

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caption = Samuel Gross (standing) in "The Gross Clinic" by Thomas Eakins
birth_date = 8 July 1805
birth_place = Easton, Pennsylvania
death_date = 6 May 1884
death_place = Philadelphia
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Samuel D. Gross (8 July 1805 – 6 May 1884) was an American academic trauma surgeon. Surgeon biographer Isaac Minis Hays called Gross "The Nestor of American Surgery."

Born near Easton, Pennsylvania, Gross attended Wilkes-Barre Academy and Lawrenceville High School. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1828. Cited as the most distinguished surgeon of his times, his 1859 two-volume "System of Surgery" is perhaps his best known work.

Gross died in Philadelphia at age 79. He was cremated at Le Moyne Crematory and his ashes were buried in The Woodlands Cemetery (Wagner & Savacool, 1996, p.428-429).

He is the subject of "The Gross Clinic," a famous 1875 painting by Thomas Eakins.

References

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periodical=Journal of investigative surgery : the official journal of the Academy of Surgical Research
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publication-date=2003 May 1
year=2003
title=Samuel David Gross.
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issue=3
periodical=The Yale journal of biology and medicine
pages=128
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publication-date=2001 Apr
year=2001
title=Samuel David Gross--America's first pathologist.
volume=5
issue=2
periodical=Annals of diagnostic pathology
pages=121-7
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first2=K S
publication-date=1998 Dec
year=1998
title=Charges of unethical conduct made by the Camden County Medical Society against Samuel D. Gross, M.D. and Joseph Pancoast, M.D.
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periodical=Transactions & studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
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publication-date=1990 May
year=1990
title=Samuel D. Gross: pioneer academic trauma surgeon of 19th century America.
volume=30
issue=5
periodical=The Journal of trauma
pages=528-38
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publication-date=1983 Sep
year=1983
title=The American medical literature. Samuel D. Gross, report on the causes which impede the progress of American medical literature, 1856.
volume=5
issue=3
periodical=Transactions & studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
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last=Wagner
first=F B
publication-date=1981 May
year=1981
title=Revisit of Samuel D. Gross, M.D.
volume=152
issue=5
periodical=Surgery, gynecology & obstetrics
pages=663-74
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last=Smith
first=M J
publication-date=1978 May
year=1978
title=Samuel David Gross (1805-1884).
volume=15
issue=6
periodical=Investigative urology
pages=507-8
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publication-date=1975 Sep
year=1975
title=The classic: Sarcoma of the long bones: based upon a study of one hundred and sixty-five cases. Samuel W. Gross.
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issue=111
periodical=Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res.
pages=5-13
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publication-date=1973 Aug
year=1973
title=Foreign medical textbooks (Samuel D. Gross).
volume=49
issue=8
periodical=Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
pages=745-6
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publication-date=1973 Feb
year=1973
title=Natives and foreigners at the university. From Samuel D, Gross: report on the causes which impede the progress of American medical literature. Trans.A.M.A. 9:339-62,1856.
volume=49
issue=2
periodical=Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
pages=160
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last=Ono
first=J
publication-date=1969
year=1969
title= [On Samuel David Gross]
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issue=
periodical=Nihon ishigaku zasshi. [Journal of Japanese history of medicine]
pages=146-58
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publication-date=1964 Sep 28
year=1964
title=SAMUEL D. GROSS (1805-1884)--SURGICAL PATHOLOGIST.
volume=189
issue=
periodical=JAMA
pages=1024-5
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last=COHEN
first=A E
publication-date=1955 Nov
year=1955
title=The Samuel D. Gross sesquicentennial.
volume=53
issue=11
periodical=The Journal of the Kentucky State Medical Association
pages=981-2; passim
*Citation
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last=Hodge
first=E B
last2=Mitchell
first2=C F
last3=Smyth
first3=C M
publication-date=1939 Jul
year=1939
title=THE SAMUEL D. GROSS PRIZE: FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS.
volume=110
issue=1
periodical=Ann. Surg.
pages=160
*Citation
id = PMID:17857052
url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17857052
last=Graham
first=E A
publication-date=1937 Oct
year=1937
title=ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT: SAMUEL GROSS LOOKS IN ON THE AMERICAN SURGICAL ASSOCIATION.
volume=106
issue=4
periodical=Ann. Surg.
pages=481-91

*Wagner FB Jr, Savacool JW, eds. "Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University: Legend & Lore". Devon, PA: W.T. Cooke Pub., 1996.

External links

* [http://jeffline.jefferson.edu/SML/archives/exhibits/notable_alumni/samuel_gross.html 10 Notable Jefferson Alumni, Samuel D. Gross]
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