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Gamgee Tissue

Surgical dressing

Surgical dressing

Gamgee Tissue is a surgical dressing invented by Joseph Sampson Gamgee, a doctor in Birmingham, England, in 1880.

Surgical dressing

Gamgee Tissue has a thick layer of absorbent cotton wool between two layers of absorbent gauze. It represents the first use of cotton wool in a medical context, and was a major advancement in the prevention of infection of surgical wounds. It is still the basis for many modern surgical dressings. The name has been a trademark of Robinson Healthcare (formerlyl Robinson and Sons Ltd of Chesterfield), based in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, since 1911.

Tolkien

In Birmingham, "Gamgee" became the colloquial name for cotton wool, which led to the surname of Gaffer Gamgee and his son Sam in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. In a 1954 letter to the author Naomi Mitchison, who was checking the text of the novel for Tolkien, he addresses a question she had about the name:

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References

  1. Gamgee, Sampson. (1880-01-24). "ABSORBENT AND MEDICATED SURGICAL DRESSINGS.". The Lancet.
  2. Gamgee, J. Sampson. (21 February 1880). "Absorbent and medicated surgical dressings (letter)". [[The Lancet]].
  3. Kapadia, H M. (1 February 2002). "Sampson Gamgee: a great Birmingham surgeon". JRSM.
  4. "Robinson and Sons Ltd of Chesterfield, textile and packaging manufacturers". Derbyshire Record Office.
  5. {{harvnb. Carpenter. 2023
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