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GB-110/JES/COR/10/64
Title
John Walker, Bedford Square, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
16 Mar 1810
Author(s)
John Walker 1759-1830
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/10/64 from John Walker, Bedford Square, [London], to James Edward Smith (16 March 1810)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Walker, John
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Thanks Smith for sending the willow-cuttings, especially 'Salix russelliana'. Sir Joseph Banks is "uncommonly well" after using a "French quack medicine" for gout, at the behest of Lord [George John] Spencer, called Eau Medicinale de d'Husson; short description of his relief after the first dose. Attests for efficacy of the medicine: Major [James] Rennell [(1742-1830), cartographer] and twenty others have all tried it with the same immediate relief, it is unknown from which plant it is derived. Death of [Henry] Cavendish [(1731-1810), natural philospher]; short obituary. Plans for altering and improving the Royal Institution have met with little opposition.
Letter date:
16 Mar 1810
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
10.103
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
