▁Blo om field , ▁Connecticut ▁from ▁ 1 8 2 8 ▁to ▁ 1 8 3 3 , ▁and ▁also ▁pract iced ▁at ▁the ▁Connecticut ▁State ▁Em igr ant ▁Hospital ▁there . ▁Ar ound ▁ 1 8 5 0 ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁general ▁and ▁orth op edic ▁sur geon , ▁first ▁in ▁Spring field , ▁Massachusetts ▁and ▁later ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 2 8 ▁he ▁lect ured ▁on ▁temper ance . ▁From ▁ 1 8 3 7 ▁until ▁ 1 8 4 9 ▁he ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁lect uring ▁agent ▁of ▁the ▁Connecticut ▁Anti - S la very ▁Society ▁and ▁general ▁agent ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Anti - S la very ▁Society . ▁He ▁was ▁particularly ▁active ▁on ▁the ▁lecture ▁circuit ▁in ▁Pennsylvania , ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁New ▁England . ▁He ▁worked ▁with ▁major ▁ant is la very ▁figures , ▁including ▁Abb y ▁K elle y , ▁Wend ell ▁Phill ips , ▁Frederick ▁Doug lass , ▁William ▁Lloyd ▁G arrison , ▁Isaac ▁Ho pper , ▁Samuel ▁May ▁and ▁Lewis ▁Hay den . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 0 , ▁Hudson ▁moved ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁for ▁his ▁practice , ▁and ▁res ided ▁there ▁until ▁his ▁death . ▁He ▁devoted ▁himself ▁to ▁orth op edic ▁surg ery ▁and ▁mechanical ▁appar atus ▁for ▁de form ities , ▁artificial ▁lim bs , ▁etc . ▁During ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War , ▁Hudson ▁was ▁appointed ▁by ▁the ▁U . S . ▁government ▁to ▁fit ▁appar atus ▁to ▁persons ▁suffering ▁special ▁cases ▁of