Samuel D. Gross

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Samuel D. Gross
Samuel Gross (standing) in The Gross Clinic by Thomas Eakins
Born	8 July 1805 Easton, Pennsylvania
Died	6 May 1884 Philadelphia
Nationality	United States
Fields	surgery

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.

[edit] References

• Hajdu, Steven I (2007), “Samuel D. Gross of Philadelphia: pathologist, surgeon, and medical historian.”, Ann. Clin. Lab. Sci. 37 (1): 102-4, 2007, PMID:17311878, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17311878> 
• Toledo-Pereyra, Luis H, “Samuel D. Gross: the nestor of American surgery.”, Journal of investigative surgery : the official journal of the Academy of Surgical Research 19 (3): 141-5, PMID:16809223, doi:10.1080/08941930600745676, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16809223> 
• “Samuel David Gross.”, The Yale journal of biology and medicine 76 (3): 128, 2003, 2003 May 1, PMID:15369628, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15369628> 
• Malkin, H M (2001), “Samuel David Gross--America's first pathologist.”, Annals of diagnostic pathology 5 (2): 121-7, 2001 Apr, PMID:11294999, doi:10.1053/adpa.2001.23033, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11294999> 
• Sherk, H H & Simons, K S (1998), “Charges of unethical conduct made by the Camden County Medical Society against Samuel D. Gross, M.D. and Joseph Pancoast, M.D.”, Transactions & studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia 20: 98-113, 1998 Dec, PMID:10207528, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10207528> 
• Mullins, R J & Trunkey, D D (1990), “Samuel D. Gross: pioneer academic trauma surgeon of 19th century America.”, The Journal of trauma 30 (5): 528-38, 1990 May, PMID:2188000, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2188000> 
• “The American medical literature. Samuel D. Gross, report on the causes which impede the progress of American medical literature, 1856.”, Transactions & studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia 5 (3): 176, 1983, 1983 Sep, PMID:6353693, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6353693> 
• Wagner, F B (1981), “Revisit of Samuel D. Gross, M.D.”, Surgery, gynecology & obstetrics 152 (5): 663-74, 1981 May, PMID:7013125, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7013125> 
• Smith, M J (1978), “Samuel David Gross (1805-1884).”, Investigative urology 15 (6): 507-8, 1978 May, PMID:348636, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/348636> 
• “The classic: Sarcoma of the long bones: based upon a study of one hundred and sixty-five cases. Samuel W. Gross.”, Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res. (no. 111): 5-13, 1975, 1975 Sep, PMID:1098829, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1098829> 
• “Foreign medical textbooks (Samuel D. Gross).”, Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 49 (8): 745-6, 1973, 1973 Aug, PMID:4580855, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4580855> 
• “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.”, Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 49 (2): 160, 1973, 1973 Feb, PMID:4567273, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4567273> 
• Ono, J (1969), “[On Samuel David Gross]”, Nihon ishigaku zasshi. [Journal of Japanese history of medicine] 15: 146-58, 1969, PMID:11616378, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11616378> 
• “SAMUEL D. GROSS (1805-1884)--SURGICAL PATHOLOGIST.”, JAMA 189: 1024-5, 1964, 1964 Sep 28, PMID:14188881, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14188881> 
• COHEN, A E (1955), “The Samuel D. Gross sesquicentennial.”, The Journal of the Kentucky State Medical Association 53 (11): 981-2; passim, 1955 Nov, PMID:13271866, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13271866> 
• Hodge, E B; Mitchell, C F & Smyth, C M (1939), “THE SAMUEL D. GROSS PRIZE: FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS.”, Ann. Surg. 110 (1): 160, 1939 Jul, PMID:17857434, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17857434> 
• Graham, E A (1937), “ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT: SAMUEL GROSS LOOKS IN ON THE AMERICAN SURGICAL ASSOCIATION.”, Ann. Surg. 106 (4): 481-91, 1937 Oct, PMID:17857052, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17857052> 

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

[edit] External links

• 10 Notable Jefferson Alumni, Samuel D. Gross
• Samuel D. Gross at Find A Grave