He died in Philadelphia on 11 April 1890. He went abroad to further his medical studies and returned to Philadelphia in 1841 to set up private practice. He established new practices for removing the wounded from the battlefield and introduced the practice of embalming the dead on the battlefield. He was elected a Fellow of the College of Physicians on 4 January 1842. Scope and Contents One volume of notes on surgery lectures delivered by Henry Hollingsworth Smith at the University of Pennsylvania, beginning on 13 October 1863.
Topics cover wounds and fractures.
Provenance Given to the College of Physicians on 27 February 1953 by Mrs. Alfred G. B. Steel, her sisters, and Dr. Halseyde Wolf.