Letter from Martha Hudson and Fowler Hudson to Erasmus Darwin Hudson

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Martha Hudson and Fowler Hudson to Erasmus Darwin Hudson
Description:
Gives an update on the family, the children are attending meetings. Dr. Smith has been looking at Fowler's leg and says that it has healed well. There was an article in a medical journal about a man in New York City and his patent cork leg. It explained the operation and the type of amputations it can be use done. The article talked about a man who was fitted with an artificial leg and was able to work on a farm. Dr. Smith said Fowler can have a cork leg.
Contributor:
Hudson, Martha Turner, 1806-1887
Creator:
Hudson, Romulus Fowler, 1828-1906
Addressee:
Hudson, Erasmus Darwin, 1806-1880
Date:
December 19, 1847
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 1 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Hudson Family Papers
Subjects:
Prosthesis
Artificial legs
People with disabilities--Employment
Extent:
3 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums332-b001-f024-i011
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Place of origin:
Springfield (Mass.)
Language:
English
Notes:
Digitization sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources.
Identifier:
mums332-b001-f024-i011