Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Maton, William George
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Jokes that Smith is suffering from two afflictions, erysipelas and [Richard] Salisbury. Linnean Society settled in new premises [9 Gerard Street, Soho, London]. [Robert] Brown still undecided on offering himself for the new office [of Clerk, Librarian and Housekeeper]. Plants brought back by Brown [from Australia] deposited in Soho Square [home of Sir Joseph Banks]. Compliments first numbers of [Alexander von] Humboldt's "South American plants" but complains that there is no clarification of 'Cortex peruvianus' [Jesuit's Bark, remedy for malaria] in the remarks on 'Cinchona', so unable to fully advise the committee of the College of Physicians revising the London Pharmacopoeia on this. Royal Society's Copley medal awarded to [Humphry] Davy.
Letter date:
25 Nov 1805
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
7.96
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| 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 London Pharmacopoeia see JES/COR/7/54; JES/COR/7/56.
Humboldt, A v, and Bonpland, A J A, (1806-1823). "Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparee faites dans l'Ocean Atlantique, dans l'interieur du Nouveau Continent et dans la Mer du Sud pendant les annees 1799-1803." Paris: Gide. |
