Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1681

SAMUEL DAVID GROSS (1805-1884) Autobiography of Samuel D. Gross . . . With sketches of his contemporaries. G. Barrie 1887 Vol. I: xxxii, 407 pp.; Vol. II: viii, 437 pp., front. 22.7 cm.

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Few medical histories are as engaging as this detailed and well-written autobiography. Gross' commentary on the formation and early years of the American Medical Association is particularly interesting, as are his reflections on contemporary medical figures.

Cited references: Cushing G415; Osler 2843; Waller 16911