Henry Hugh Clutton

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Henry Hugh Clutton

Henry Hugh Clutton (12 July 1850 – 9 November 1909) was an English surgeon who described painless symmetrical hydrarthrosis (an accumulation of water in the cavity of a joint), especially of the knee joints: seen in hereditary syphilis. The ailment is called "Clutton's joints." He is commemorated by the Clutton Medal and Prize, awarded for excellence in Clinical Surgery at St Thomas's Hospital, Kings College School of Medicine and Dentistry.

He was born in Saffron Walden, Essex, the son of Ralph Clutton, and educated at Marlborough College and Clare College, Cambridge.^[1]

He was elected the last President of the Clinical Society of London in 1905.^[2]

Clutton died at 2 Portland Place, London, and is buried there in Brompton Cemetery.

References

↑ "Clutton, Henry Hugh (CLTN869HH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Transactions of the Clinical Society of London 38. 1905. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)

1938 American Illustrated Medical Dictionary by W. A. Newman Dorland.

Persondata
Name	Clutton, Henry Hugh
Alternative names
Short description	English surgeon
Date of birth	12 July 1850
Place of birth	Saffron Walden, Suffolk, UK
Date of death	9 November 1909
Place of death	London, UK

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