Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Clark, Bracy
Sent from:
Orbe, Switzerland
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Update on [Edmund] Davall's health, which has become more settled with only one partial attack in the last 13 weeks. Davall's physician has prescribed "pills of asafoetida" but finding them too heavy Clark suggetsed Davall take gentle doses of opiates to ease his irritability which also had the benefit of easing his constipation. With [Peter] Hubert has been correcting the paper on bees, comments that the style is heavily influenced by [René Antoine Ferchault de] Réaumur [(1683-1757) French scientist]. Comments on the pleasing appearance of the Alps now that the snow has melted. Is hopeful of obtaining a passport for France from Mr Pitch of Geneva, for which he wrote a piece on veterinary co[lleges] for the "Bibliotheque Brittanique". If disappointed shall return to England via Germany.
Letter date:
10 Jul 1798
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
3.132
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 14 Sep [1798] |
| Finding Aids | Dawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
| Related Material | For Clark's other attempts at gaining a passport see JES/COR/1/60; JES/COR/3/68-69; JES/COR/3/70; JES/COR/3/72.
For Davall's condition see JES/COR/3/70; JES/COR/3/72. Smith writes to Davall of Clark's letters 17 January 1798 and 18 April 1798, see JES/COR/14/83 and JES/COR/14/87, respectively.
Huber, P, 'Observations on several Species of the Genus Apis, known by the Name of Humble-bees, and called Bombinatrices by Linnaeus', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1802 6(1), pp.214-298. |
