From:
Mary Watson- Wentworth
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
1 Nov [1789]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/15/85, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Sorry to hear of Smith's bad cold though but glad she unwittingly provided a remedy in her last letter [mutton suet boiled in milk taken morning and night]. Her gardener recovered in last three days, he does not think he has had night sweats, shocked to see "a strong healthy person so shrunk in the space of a week" and feared terminal decline. Smith correct that the powders "certainly tend to cure those sorts of fatal sweats".
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London