A Medley of Memorabilia
Portrait of Samuel D. Gross, MD
An Unknown Instrument
An Intubation Case
A Jefferson Photograph Album
Histories of Jefferson Medical College
A Silver Tray from India
The John Scott Medal
Colored Glass Medicine Bottles
Founders' Medal
A Set of Oral Specula
A Napoleonic Wine Bottle
Manual of Military Surgery
The John Scott Medal. |
The John Scott Medal
The City of Philadelphia awarded the John Scott Medal to John H. Gibbon, Jr., MD on 18 September 1953 for his development and successful use of a heart-lung apparatus for open-heart surgery. This first successful operation occurred on 6 May 1953 when Gibbon performed an open cardiotomy to repair a congenital interatrial septal defect. For 26 minutes, the heart-lung machine completely supported all of the patient’s respiratory and circulatory functions.
A 1927 graduate of Jefferson Medical College, Gibbon received his AB from Princeton University in 1923. As a member of the faculty at Jefferson Medical College, he held the positions of Professor of Surgery and Director of the Department of Surgery (1946-1956) and was the Samuel D. Gross Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery (1946-1967).
This medal is an example of the objects preserved in the Memorabilia Collection of the University Archives and Special Collections.