CARDIAC SURGERY.


Gross, Robert E. ARCHIVE OF 19 ITEMS COMPRISING 13 OFFPRINTS, 3 BOOKS, AND 3 ARTICLES IN THE ORIGINAL JOURNAL ISSUE. Comprising:1) Surgical ligature of a patent ductus arteriosus: Report of first successful case, 1939, offprint, IN: COLLECTED PAPERS OF THE SURGICAL STAFF. PETER BENT BRIGHAM HOSPITAL, 1939, 1/2 morocco with marbled boards. Bottom edge of boards worn otherwise very fine. Elliott Cutler's copy with his name stamp on the front free end-paper [hereafter CPSS-PBBH]; 2) A surgical approach for ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus, 1939, offprint, IN: CPSS-PBBH; 3) Surgical exploration and closure of a patent ductus arteriosus, 1939, offprint, IN: CPSS-PBBH; 4) Surgical management of the patent ductus arteriosus: with summary of four surgically treated cases, 1939, offprint, IN: CPSS-PBBH; 5) Complete surgical division of the patent ductus arteriosus: A report of fourteen successful cases, 1944, offprint, 6) Coarctation of the aorta. 1945, pp. 287-293, IN: New England J. Med. (issue of September 6, 1945, in the original wrappers); 7) Surgical treatment for abnormalities of the heart and great vessels. Springfield, IL, flexible leatherette, 72pp. JAMES D. HARDY'S COPY WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH. Very fine. First edition; 8) Surgical treatment for coarctation of the aorta, 1948, offprint; 9) Preliminary observations on the use of human arterial grafts in the treatment of certain cardiovascular defects, 1948, offprint; 10) Surgical treatment of coarctation of the aorta: experiences from 60 cases, 1949, offprint; 11) Coarctation of the aorta: Surgical treatment of one hundred cases, 1950, offprint; 12) The patent ductus arteriosus: Observations from 412 surgically treated cases, 1951, offprint; 13) Treatment of certain aortic coarctations by homologous grafts: a report of nineteen cases, 1951, offprint; 14) The patent ductus arteriosus: Observations on diagnosis and therapy in 525 surgically treated cases, 1952, offprint; 15) Surgical closure of defects of the interauricular septum by use of an atrial well. 1952, pp. 455-460, IN: New England J. Med. (issue of September 25, 1952, in the original wrappers); 16) Surgical closure of an aortic septal defect, 1952, offprint; 17) The surgery of infancy and childhood. Philadelphia 1953, 1000pp. Very fine. First edition; 18) Shattuck Lecture: Open-heart surgery for repair of congenital defects. 1959, pp. 1047-1057, IN: New England J. Med. (issue of May 21, 1959 in the original wrappers); 19) An atlas of children's surgery. Philadelphia, 1970, 191pp. Fine. First edition. All of the offprints are in the original printed wrappers and in very fine condition with the exception of items 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 16, which have small stains on the inner margin of the wrappers (items 8 and 13 have larger stains, about 1 x 2 inches). A fascinating archive from "one of America's great pioneers of surgery" (National Academies Press), including a collected volume of "Collected Papers of the Surgical Staff/ Peter Bent Brigham Hospital," containing the report "Surgical ligature of a patent ductus arteriosus" (Garrison-Morton 3039). The volume was originally owned by Elliott Cutler, who succeeded Harvey Cushing as surgeon-in-chief of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. It contains a total of 55 offprints, including 17 by Cutler. Robert E. Gross (1905-1988) "first successfully ligated a patent ductus arteriosus. Clearly, this epoch-making procedure, carefully planned and practiced on animals, inaugurated the era of pediatric cardiovascular surgery [see item 1]. In 1945, with Charles A. Hufnagel, Dr. Gross reported on aortic resections and re-anastomosis in animals with intent ultimately to repair coarctation of the aorta in humans. Appended to this report were the case histories of two recently operated children with coarctation, one of whom survived ... In 1970, Dr. Gross published his third and last book, An Atlas of Children's Surgery, which includes a wide range of pediatric cardiac surgical procedures ... This inspiring leader, innovative thinker, lucid writer, and gifted surgeon was surely the most influential pediatric surgeon of [the 20th century]" Castaneda, "Robert E. Gross." IN: Hurst, Conti and Fye, eds, Profiles in Cardiology, (2003), pp 328-329. Garrison-Morton 3039 (item 1) and 6357.59 (item 17).