Establishing the Principles of Civilian and Military Injury Care: Samuel David Gross at the University of Louisville, 1840-1856

a Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY b Division of Education, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL *Correspondence address: Lewis Flint, MD, FACS, Division of Education, American College of Surgeons, 633 N St Clair St, Chicago, IL 60611 Received December 15, 2009; accepted December 16, 2009. Disclosure Information: Nothing to disclose. The authors received the 2009 Joseph Donald Award for Surgical Historical Research. This award is offered annually by the Southern Surgical Association. Presented at Southern Surgical Association 121st Annual Meeting, Hot Springs, VA, December 2009.