Samuel D. Gross
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For other persons named Samuel Gross, see Samuel Gross (disambiguation).
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.
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- Mullins RJ, Trunkey DD. Samuel D. Gross: pioneer academic trauma surgeon of 19th century America. J Trauma. 1990 May;30(5):528-38.
- Toledo-Pereyra LH. Samuel D. Gross: the nestor of American surgery. J Invest Surg. 2006 May-Jun;19(3):141-5.
- Da Costa JM. Biographical sketch of Professor Samuel D. Gross. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 22, No. 117 (Jan., 1885), pp. 78-85.
- Wagner FB Jr, Savacool JW, eds. Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University: Legend & Lore. Devon, PA: W.T. Cooke Pub., 1996.
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