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Thomas Eakins: The Gross Clinic The Gross Clinic, oil on canvas by Thomas Eakins, 1875; in the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. 2 × 2.5 m.

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university, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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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 are the Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, established in 1986, and the Jefferson Cancer Institute, founded in 1991. Total enrollment is approximately 2,600. A group ...(100 of 241 words)

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