Samuel D. Gross, M.D. (1805-1884): an innovator, even in death.

Authors

Peter R. Bucciarelli, B.S., Thomas Jefferson University
John C. Kairys, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Ernest L. Rosato, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Charles J. Yeo, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Scott W. Cowan, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Presentation Date

9-1-2013

Comments

This article was published in The American Surgeon Volume 79, Issue 9, September 2013, Pages 899-901.

The published version is available at PMID: 24069988. Copyright © Ingenta

Abstract

Dr. Samuel Gross' contributions to the field of surgery are well known and range from numerous clinical advances to pioneering scholarship and professional activities. Dr. Gross was ceaselessly ambitious and even remarked in his autobiography that his ‘‘conviction has always been that is far better for a man to wear out than to rust out.’’1 It is through this frame of motivation that Dr. Gross lived his life.

Recommended Citation

Bucciarelli, B.S., Peter R.; Kairys, MD, John C.; Rosato, MD, Ernest L.; Yeo, MD, Charles J.; and Cowan, MD, Scott W., "Samuel D. Gross, M.D. (1805-1884): an innovator, even in death." (2013). Department of Surgery Gibbon Society Historical Profiles. Paper 18.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/gibbonsocietyprofiles/18