Gamgee Tissue

The name "Gamgee Tissue" is from Sampson Gamgee, a Birmingham doctor who invented a surgical dressing; the word "gamgee" became a local name for cotton wool.[1]

Gamgee Tissue is a surgical dressing invented by Dr. Joseph Sampson Gamgee in Birmingham, England, in 1880.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Letter 257 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Gamgee, J. Sampson (24 January 1880). "Absorbent and medicated surgical dressings". The Lancet.
  3. ^ Gamgee, J. Sampson (21 February 1880). "Absorbent and medicated surgical dressings (letter)" (PDF). The Lancet.
  4. ^ Kapadia, H M (1 February 2002). "Sampson Gamgee: a great Birmingham surgeon". JRSM. 95 (2): 96–100. doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.2.96. PMC 1279323. PMID 11823557.