# Sampson Gamgee

> Joseph Sampson Gamgee 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.

*British surgeon (1828-1886)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Born:** 1828-04-17
- **Died:** 1886-09-18
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Joseph Sampson Gamgee 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.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.2 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 3.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 19.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 43.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Sampson Gamgee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampson_Gamgee)
- [سمپسون گمجی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%AF%D9%85%D8%AC%DB%8C)
- [Гэмджи, Сэмпсон](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7410221)

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