| Reference Number | RBC/191 |
| Title | Letter from Henry Smith to Richard Butcher |
| Date | 17 February 1857 |
| Creator Name | Smith, Henry, 1823-1894 |
| Butcher, Richard George Herbert, 1819-1891 |
| Description | Manuscript letter from Henry Smith to Richard Butcher, giving Smith opinion on Butcher work [on excision of the knee joint]. Smith is very complementary of Butcher's work, believeing that although Butcher 'has been very severe upon some of the London surgeons, but in most cases with justice'. Smith discusses various London schools and surgeons and their old fashioned views on surgery and favouring of amputation. |
| Extent | 2 pages |
| Term | Knee Joint -- surgery |
| Amputation |
| General Surgery -- trends |
| Letter |