John Walker, Bedford Square, [London], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No 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
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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.