Performed by a senior surgeon called Dr William Kerr, it is believed to be the first amputation through the hip joint in England. Prof Andrew Williams, from the University of Northampton ...

She had severe pain on moving the hip joint and was probably suffering considerably when she was seen by Dr William Kerr MD, a senior surgeon, who decided to amputate her leg to try and save her.

Queen Elizabeth II’s letters to governor-general Michael Jeffery are missing, with Government House and the National Archives ...

Dr William Kerr who performed the first recorded paediatric amputation at Northampton Infirmary in 1779 “Sarah's story shows that specialist child operations were taking place in local ...