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GB-110/JES/COR/1/90
Title
Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
9 Dec 1814
Author(s)
Sir Joseph, baronet Banks 1743-1820
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/1/90 from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith (9 December 1814)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Banks, Sir Joseph
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
At a loss on the subject of Hermodactyls, [an ancient Greek medicine], but is of the opinion that the gout medicine is composed of that root and that Dr Wilson of Yoxford, Suffolk, who has a medicine similar in taste and smell to that of the French, uses 'Colchicum'. Doubts whether 'Colchicum autumnale' is the same as that used in the Greek Pharmacopoeia. Asks Smith whether any of [John] Sibthorp's papers have any information on the Hermodactyl of the Greeks.
Letter date:
9 Dec 1814
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
1.154
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 20 [Dec 1814] |
| 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 further discussion of medicinal properties of 'Colchicum' and Dr Wilson, see JES/COR/1/93. |
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, p.187. |
