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  <dc:title>Letter from Henry Smith to Richard Butcher</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Manuscript letter from Henry Smith to Richard Butcher clarifying the confusion caused by his last letter over the number of cases of excision carried out by Fergusson. Smith then provides details of the most recent case. Smith then discusses the recent remarks of James Syme in the Lancet on excision, Smith maintains its value over that of amputation.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>18 November 1856</dc:date>
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