List of Famous people with last name Gamgee

Sampson Gamgee

First Name Sampson

Last Name Gamgee

Born on April 17, 1828

Died on September 18, 1886 (aged 58)

Born in Italy, Tuscany

Dr Joseph Sampson Gamgee, MRCS, FRSE was a surgeon at the Queen's Hospital in Birmingham, England. He pioneered aseptic surgery, and, in 1880 invented Gamgee Tissue, an absorbent cotton wool and gauze surgical dressing.

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