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Samuel Gross, M.D.

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     The Gross Clinic, 1875 / By Thomas Eakins. 

Credit: National Library of Medicine

An 1828 graduate of Jefferson Medical College, Samuel D. Gross (1805-1884) served as Professor of Surgery at Jefferson from 1856-1882. Considered one of the finest surgeons of his time, Gross was the first alumnus to be appointed to a professorship at Jefferson. After serving on Jefferson's faculty for twenty-five years Gross resigned in March of 1882. He retained the title of Emeritus Professor of Surgery until his death on 6 May 1884 in Philadelphia

The 1861 edition of:  'A manual of field surgery by Gross' is available on line at: http://jdc.jefferson.edu/milsurgusa/

From the title page: A manual of military surgery; or, hints on the emergencies of field, camp and hospital practice. Illustrated with wood-cuts. By S.D. Gross, M.D. Professor of Surgery in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1861.

The 1861 edition is reproduced in two formats for the Jefferson Digital Commons. A large PDF file offers a faithful reproduction of the full volume. For greater ease of use, each chapter and plate grouping is also listed separately.

The above book is needed for this collection.

Additional discussion and details about: A Manual of Military Surgery, (1861) by Samuel D. Gross, M.D. from Rutkow: History of Medicine, p. 41

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In this collection is the 1866 4th edition of Gross's System of Surgery, Vol. I & II , which contains all the updates during the Civil War from the original version in 1859.  These two books were from the 1869 Jefferson Medical School Library collection and have the School's label (shown below from the inside cover) attached in the book.

     

 

Medical School label from the inside cover of the above text

A full reproduction of the 1861 version in pfd format:  http://jdc.jefferson.edu/milsurgusa/8/

 

 

Northern and Southern Civil War editions of Samuel D. Gross's Manual of Military Surgery

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