Marble bust of Robert William Smith (1807-1873) Marble bust of Robert William Smith Principal founder of the Pathological Society. Treatise on the fractures in the vicinity of the Joints 1847 contains the first description of the wrist fracture that became known Smith's fracture. Bust was presented to the College by the committee of the Smith Memorial Fund, formed by the Pathological Society of Ireland. LRCSI. Chair of Surgery, TCD. 1881