{{Short description|Polish orthopaedist, inventor, and surgeon}} thumb|Adam Gruca
'''Adam Gruca''' (3 December 1893 in Majdan Sieniawski – 3 June 1983 in Warsaw) was a famous Polish orthopaedist, inventor, and surgeon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ptoitr.pl/pl/dokument/15/15/prof-adam-gruca.html |title=Prof. Adam Gruca |publisher=Polskie Towarzystwo Ortopedyczne i Traumatologiczne |work=Wielkie postacie polskiej ortopedii |language=Polish |access-date=30 March 2012 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He is considered to be the founder of modern orthopedic surgery in Poland. Gruca also invented various orthopaedic instruments and appliances.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.czytelniamedyczna.pl/3276,zyciorys-prof-dra-hab-med-adama-grucy-18931983.html|language=Polish|title=Życiorys prof. dra hab. med. Adama Grucy (1893-1983)|author=Stefan Malawski|issn=1731-2469|journal=Postępy Nauk Medycznych|year=2002|volume=2}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Cite journal | last1 = Nizegorodcew | first1 = T. | last2 = Gruca | first2 = A. | title = [Adam Gruca. Founder of modern orthopedics in Poland]. | journal = Arch Putti Chir Organi Mov | volume = 39 | issue = 1 | pages = 155–9 | year = 1991 | pmid = 1842487 }}
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