Thomas Eakins: Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic)
Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic), oil on canvas by Thomas Eakins, 1875; part of the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia Art Museum. 2 × 2.5 m.
Thomas Jefferson University
university, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Thomas Jefferson University, private, state-aided, coeducational institution of higher education in Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. It has one of the largest independent medical schools in the United States. The university comprises Jefferson Medical College, the College of Health Professions, the College of Graduate Studies, and a teaching hospital, the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Bachelor’s, master’s, Ph.D., and M.D. degrees are available in various medical disciplines; undergraduate students enter at the junior-year level. Affiliated with the university...