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  <dc:title>Letter from William Fergusson to Richard Butcher</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Manuscript letter from William Fergusson to Richard Butcher thanking him for sending his publication on excision of the knee joint, and expressing an opinion in favour of the operation to amputation. Fergusson discusses the current dispute over the advisability of the operation, referring to the 'gentleman in questions', presumably James Syme. Fergusson also refers to his own dispute with [Syme].</dc:description>
  <dc:date>18 May 1855</dc:date>
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