Hugh Davies, Beaumares, Anglesea, to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/4/29
Title Hugh Davies, Beaumares, Anglesea, to James Edward Smith
Letter date 5 Apr 1809
Author(s) Hugh Davies 1739-1821
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/4/29 from Hugh Davies, Beaumares, Anglesea, to James Edward Smith (5 April 1809)

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Item Type: Document
From: Davies, Hugh
Sent from: Beaumares, Anglesea
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Cured his rheumatism, which had assumed the form of sciatica by applying a plaster of laurel leaves ('Prunus laurocerasus'). Asks Smith to not spend too much time determining the 'Salix' specimens he sent and makes some of his own observations on them.

Letter date: 5 Apr 1809
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 4.44
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 28 [Apr 1809]
Finding AidsDawson, 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.