A System of Surgery
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A System of Surgery is a landmark 19th-century surgical textbook by Samuel D. Gross that became one of the most influential and widely used references in American surgical practice.
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20684037 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A System of Surgery Context triple: [Samuel D. Gross, notableWork, A System of Surgery]
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Bibliotheca Chirurgica
Bibliotheca Chirurgica is a comprehensive 18th-century bibliographical work on surgical literature compiled by the Swiss polymath and physician Albrecht von Haller.
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Inventarium sive Chirurgia Magna
Inventarium sive Chirurgia Magna is a seminal 14th-century surgical treatise that systematized medieval surgical knowledge and greatly influenced the development of European surgery.
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The Complete Book of the Medical Art
The Complete Book of the Medical Art is a comprehensive 10th-century medical encyclopedia by Persian physician Al-Majusi that systematically covers theory, diagnosis, and treatment in medieval Islamic medicine.
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Reports of Medical Cases Selected with a View of Illustrating the Symptoms and Cure of Diseases by a Reference to Morbid Anatomy
"Reports of Medical Cases Selected with a View of Illustrating the Symptoms and Cure of Diseases by a Reference to Morbid Anatomy" is a landmark 19th-century clinical work by physician Richard Bright that helped establish the correlation between clinical symptoms and pathological anatomy, especially in kidney disease.
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E.
Fifty Years of Medicine and Surgery
Fifty Years of Medicine and Surgery is a historical memoir and professional retrospective by American surgeon Franklin H. Martin, chronicling the evolution of medical and surgical practice over half a century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A System of Surgery Target entity description: A System of Surgery is a landmark 19th-century surgical textbook by Samuel D. Gross that became one of the most influential and widely used references in American surgical practice.
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A.
Bibliotheca Chirurgica
Bibliotheca Chirurgica is a comprehensive 18th-century bibliographical work on surgical literature compiled by the Swiss polymath and physician Albrecht von Haller.
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B.
Inventarium sive Chirurgia Magna
Inventarium sive Chirurgia Magna is a seminal 14th-century surgical treatise that systematized medieval surgical knowledge and greatly influenced the development of European surgery.
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C.
The Complete Book of the Medical Art
The Complete Book of the Medical Art is a comprehensive 10th-century medical encyclopedia by Persian physician Al-Majusi that systematically covers theory, diagnosis, and treatment in medieval Islamic medicine.
-
D.
Reports of Medical Cases Selected with a View of Illustrating the Symptoms and Cure of Diseases by a Reference to Morbid Anatomy
"Reports of Medical Cases Selected with a View of Illustrating the Symptoms and Cure of Diseases by a Reference to Morbid Anatomy" is a landmark 19th-century clinical work by physician Richard Bright that helped establish the correlation between clinical symptoms and pathological anatomy, especially in kidney disease.
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E.
Fifty Years of Medicine and Surgery
Fifty Years of Medicine and Surgery is a historical memoir and professional retrospective by American surgeon Franklin H. Martin, chronicling the evolution of medical and surgical practice over half a century.
- F. None of above. chosen
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