Budd Family, of North Tawton, Devon

Correspondence and papers, mainly letters from William Budd (1811-1880), MD, FRS, physician to the Bristol Royal Infirmary, to his brothers Richard Budd (1809-1896), FRCP, and George Budd (1808-1882), FRCP, Professor of Medicine at King's College, London.

As well as documenting the progress of the brothers' medical careers, the letters reflect a strong interest in clinical medicine, pathology, chemistry, microscopy and epidemiology, especially with regard to cholera and fever. They also include small sketches of the nervous system (A/12) and of cancer cells (A/29).

c.1831-1894

102 items (in 6 files)

Presented by Robert Harper, Westward Ho!, Devon, 1963.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).